Hospital consolidation is NOT working.

I feel hospital consolidation simply leads to a monopoly which allows them to raise prices on nearly every service . I think it harms consumers. The vertical integration which allows hospitals to employ every single doctor that works there violates some anti-kickback statute im sure and is against the corporate practice of medicine. In short, I think its a wrong move. We need to go back where all doctors are solo practitioners in pvt practice competing against each other. and more independent hospitals competing against other hospitals. As is right now, there is no incentive for hospitals to improve 8 hour wait times in the ED if they have a monopoly on healthcare.

https://ift.tt/yEz3048 Submitted January 13, 2025 at 06:50AM by enterpersonal https://ift.tt/MoJGKDa