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FeaturedHospital Consolidation Is Quietly Becoming One of the Biggest Problems in Employer Healthcare
For years, employers have been told that healthcare costs keep rising because people are using too much healthcare. But RAND data shows employers pay hospitals 2.5× Medicare rates for the same services. This isn't a utilization problem — it's a purchasing problem, and hospital consolidation is making it worse.
The Big Three PBMs Aren't Losing the Market Yet. But the Warning Signs Are Getting Harder to Ignore.
Among employers under 1,000 employees, Big Three PBM usage dropped 26 points in a single year — and 20 of 27 employers that switched moved outside the Big Three. The small employer market is starting to move. The real question is whether large employers follow.
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