This report, “The Role of Hospital Monopolies in America’s Health Care Crisis,” published in 2019, investigates an often-overlooked factor behind high prices for medical services: the increasing corporate concentration of ownership, particularly among hospitals.

Hospital consolidation should be a standard part of health policy discussion, particularly if proposals to move to a single-payer system gain steam.

In this report we outline the challenges and solutions to concentration in hospital markets.

Download the full report here or read below.