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Health insurance competition matters
If lawmakers should remember one thing, it is that Americans can’t get health care without well-functioning health insurance markets. Legislators should scrutinize these mergers to guarantee that Americans receive the care they need at a reasonable price.
Payers, Providers Debate Health Plan Consolidation Before Congress
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In the second hearing this month to review competition in the healthcare marketplace, the CEOs of Aetna and Anthem and executives of the American Hospital Association told lawmakers about the benefits and perils of health plan mega-mergers.
The 8 biggest healthcare issues in 2015 so far
Doctors’ group: Healthcare mergers not in patients’ ‘best interests’
The American Medical Association (AMA) is sounding the alarm about the proposed consolidations of four of the country’s largest health insurance giants.
Will payer mergers stifle competition? Let us know (Poll)
As Humana deal looms, a fight is brewing in Washington, D.C.
With Mergers, Concerns Grow About Private Medicare
The push and pull of increasing hospital consolidation
Healthcare reform drives deals, but regulators also push back
HENRY KOTULA 