Can anyone on this panel explain why consumers should believe health care is the one industry where this kind of corporate structure lowers costs instead of raising them? You know, I posed this question. It's a tough one and it's obviously volunteered because Peer reviewed research consistently shows that provider consolidation drives higher prices, especially for commercially insured patients. And those higher prices show up as higher premiums, higher deductibles, higher out of pocket costs and higher overall spending. When an insurer owns the provider, it pays. (02:38–02:48)
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Asserts that research shows provider consolidation increases prices for commercially insured patients.
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