“’During the past decade, over one-half of the 1,500 hospitals targeted for a merger were in another geographic market than the acquiring hospital or system,’ said Fulton. ‘But these mergers were rarely scrutinized by regulators because they were considered to be across markets.’
“However, large employers and insurers span these markets, potentially enabling these systems to exert market power across markets,” Fulton said.”
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