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Lifespan-Care New England merger greeted with acclaim, caution
G. Wayne Miller, The Providence Journal
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Alan Hassenfeld and Al Verrecchia at Hasbro Children s Hospital a few years ago.
The acclaim: That after years of failed efforts, Rhode Island would finally have an integrated, academic-based health system supporting world-class care and research.
The concern: That such a system could result in layoffs and also prove costly to consumers and insurers, as has happened elsewhere in the United States with mergers.
Sen. Joshua Miller, chairman of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services, falls in the latter camp. ....

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