Hospital Mergers and Health Care Price Increases: A Primer for Reporters
September 25, 2024
September 25, 2024
COLUMBIA, Missouri, Sept. 25 -- The Association of Health Care Journalists issued the following news:
Hospital mergers -- market consolidation -- can lead to health care price increases of anywhere from 3% to 65%, according to a 2022 RAND Corporation review. The FTC's director of the Bureau of Economics has said hospitals that merge may charge 40% to 50% more than if they hadn't merged.
Mergers can also result in layoffs and lower tax revenues and have a negative impact . . .
Hospital mergers -- market consolidation -- can lead to health care price increases of anywhere from 3% to 65%, according to a 2022 RAND Corporation review. The FTC's director of the Bureau of Economics has said hospitals that merge may charge 40% to 50% more than if they hadn't merged.
Mergers can also result in layoffs and lower tax revenues and have a negative impact . . .