Are we moving towards a single payer health system?
Dec 12th 2017, 2:54 am
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Are we moving towards a single payer health system?
This may happen because we won't have a choice of healthcare provider, not because it is a better system. It appears that some healthcare companies just keep growing, leaving the small fry behind. Some are now bigger than Comcast in term of revenue.
http://fortune.com/2017/12/11/ascens...idence-merger/
http://fortune.com/2017/12/11/ascens...idence-merger/
Dec 12th 2017, 4:55 am
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Re: Are we moving towards a single payer health system?
This may happen because we won't have a choice of healthcare provider, not because it is a better system. It appears that some healthcare companies just keep growing, leaving the small fry behind. Some are now bigger than Comcast in term of revenue.
Ascension and Providence St. Joseph in Talks to Merge | Fortune
Ascension and Providence St. Joseph in Talks to Merge | Fortune
Dec 12th 2017, 7:06 am
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Re: Are we moving towards a single payer health system?
When I worked for Harvard University, 1991 - 1995, I think I had seven different choices of health plan. Four or so of those were with different HMO networks, the biggest at that time being Harvard Community Health Plan. Over the intervening years, I believe all those HMOs have amalgamated with each other...
