Providence Journal January 14, 2022
Sen. V. Susan Sosnowksi is the Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce and represents district 37, New Shoreham and South Kingstown.
How would a merger of Lifespan and Care New England affect Rhode Island’s health-care system and workers? I have serious concerns.
The two largest health systems in the state want to merge into one even larger health-care system that would control 80% of the hospital market, including seven of the nine not-for-profit hospitals in the state. Not only would the new entity control hospital care, it would largely control the physician market as well.
Lifespan and CNE talk about improved quality, reduced cost, and improved access. However, the growing body of evidence suggests that more caution and scrutiny...
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