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Health care monopolies have helped make America’s medical costs the highest in the world. Incoming US Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra faced that problem head on when he was California’s attorney general.
In that role, Becerra oversaw one of the largest health care antitrust settlements in US history, targeting a San Francisco hospital system that had bought up its competitors and allegedly used manipulative contracting practices to gobble up more and more health care business in the Bay Area.
This consolidation is happening all over America. Hospitals have been merging with one another and buying up physician practices; health insurers have been consolidating as well. The strong consensus of researchers is that this market consolidation leads to higher prices and lower quality for US patients. Fighting it is one way President Joe Biden could deliver on his promise to lower health care costs and improve access for Americans.
Some NH seniors waiting months, travelling far from home for vaccine appointments
Some experiencing scheduling difficulty Updated: 10:51 PM EST Jan 24, 2021
Some experiencing scheduling difficulty Updated: 10:51 PM EST Jan 24, 2021
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Show Transcript PROCESS CONTINUE - AS SOME SENIORS REPORT MONTHS LONG WAITS FOR A SHOT. THE STATE URGING PATIENCE WITH SIGNUPS FOR VACCINES IN PHASE 1B. SOME ARE RUNNING OUT OF IT. 1:51 I THOUGHT TO MYSELF, BOY THIS IS TOO GOOD TO BE TRUE AND SURE ENOUGH IT WAS. 1:56 83 YEAR OLD GUS L ETOILE IN PIKE, BOOKED AN APPOINTMENT FOR NEXT WEEK, ONLY TO LEARN IT WAS CANCELLED AND HAD TO RESCHEDULE A áMONTH LATER, AN áHOUR AWAY. SUE RUKA IN MADISON, HELPED HER á94 YEAR OLD MOTHER BOOK AN APPOINTMENT, SHE S FRUSTRATED IT S NOT UNTIL APRIL. SUE-10:30- HERE S A GROUP OF VUNERABLE PEOPLE THAT MAY NOT GET VACCINATION UNTIL REALLY LATE AND HOW MANY MORE PEOPLE ARE GONNA GET ILL OR DIE BECAUSE OF THAT? 10:41 GUS- 3
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