To hospitals and Health Systems. The alliance for Health Policy is hosting this discussion. Particularly since i know tom, i think well have a very lively discussion this morning. So i am actually looking forward to hearing something today and im sure we will hear something quite interesting. So thank you and turn it over to sarah. So, welcome this morning to those who are joining us live on cspan2 and watching from home. Before we begin, i just want to make a quick note for the date for the next several breakfasts, well be doing them about once a month. The next will be march 29th and well talk about pandemic preparedness. Quite different from todays topic. Today were devilling delving into shifting dynamics in the Health Market. Consolidation and integration. Although there have been headlines about the topic, this is not a new issue in our Health Care System, so the panel of experts today is going to help us understand whats happening right now, what the implications are, and also,
Organization dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding of Health Policy issues for the policy making community, the media and the surrounding stakeholders in the d. C. Area and beyond. So welcome this morning to those who are joining us live on cspan2 and watching from home. And before we begin, i just want to make a quick note about the dates for the next several breakfasts. Well be doing them about once a month. The next one will be march 29th, and we will be talking about pandemic preparedness. So quite different from todays topic. Today we are delving into the broad topic of shifting dynamics in the Health Care Market, and were going to take a closer look at the issues around market concentration, consolidation and integration. And although there have been a lot of recent headlines about this topic, this is not a new issue in our health care system, and so the panel of experts today is going to help us understand whats happening right now, what the implications are and als
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