Monopoly medicine?
"Integrated" health plans, which tie together doctors, hospitals and other services, are being touted as a remedy for the nation's ailing health system. But in Minnesota, where such plans are relatively well established, a side effect has appeared: a rash of mergers and acquisitions that could undermine competition in the health care market.
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