How hospital monopolies are driving up the cost of your health care

The American Hospital Association, a trade group, has argued that hospital mergers can improve quality and reduce health care costs by creating “a fiscally sustainable environment.” But until the recent federal disclosure rule, the effect of health care monopolies on pricing was often overlooked or harder to detect. Asheville’s dominant hospitalFew places in the United States better exemplify how hospital mergers reshape health care than Asheville. (The Dogwood Health Trust, a nonprofit established as part of HCA’s purchase of Mission Health, helps fund KFF Health News’s coverage.) The post How hospital monopolies are driving up the cost of your health care appeared first on Washington Post.