Our CEO David Jarrard, and Partner and M&A lead Isaac Squyres confer on the flood of news this week – mostly critical – about hospitals and consolidation. That includes the frontline documentary called The Healthcare Divide and the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing digging into consolidation and antitrust. In that hearing all but one participant – so that’s bipartisan consensus – expressed concern about consolidation. Not a great if you're a hospital. Then, right after we recorded this conversation, the New York Times ran an article digging into the massive bills many covid patients face. It focuses on insurance companies rather than hospitals, but it’s not a big leap to see where the story could go.

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