According to the Center for Studying Health System Change, mergers and partnerships between medical providers and insurers are one of the more prominent trends in America’s healthcare system.

Increased provider consolidation has decreased individual market competition, in which lower prices, improved productivity, and innovation can occur. Without this competition, these near-monopolies have providers and insurers in a position where they can drive up their prices unopposed.

For example, a study done by the American Journal of Managed Care found that hospitals in concentrated markets could charge considerably higher prices for the same procedures offered by hospitals in competitive markets. Price increases often exceed 20% when mergers occur in concentrated markets. However, reviews found these cost increases didn’t improve healthcare quality.

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