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Analysts say the proposed merger between BJC HealthCare and Saint Lukes Health System could give the two systems

Experts say hospital mergers, even those in distinct markets, can lead to higher health care costs that trickle down to worker insurance premiums.

Healthcare

The pandemic has intensified a long-running health care worker shortage that has hit especially hard in large, rural states like Montana, which have few candidates to replace workers who depart.

The pandemic has intensified a long-running health care worker shortage that has hit especially hard in large, rural states like Montana, which have few candidates to replace workers who depart.

Montana hospitals, like many large rural states, report huge financial losses, increased nursing pay, and severe staffing shortages.

Bozeman Health had a problem, one that officials at the health system with hospitals and clinics in southwestern Montana said had been building for months. It had made it through

Bozeman Health had a problem, one that officials at the health system with hospitals and clinics in southwestern Montana said had been building for months. It had made it through the covid-19 pandemic’s most difficult trials but lost employees and paid a premium for traveling workers to fill the void. Inflation had also driven up

More than two years into the pandemic, hospital budgets are beginning to crack. One of the biggest drivers of financial shortfalls has been the cost to find workers.