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Hospital services accounted for the greatest share of Massachusetts’ 2022 total health care spending, with outpatient spending increasing 5% from 2021 and inpatient spending declining 1.4%.
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Professor Atul Gupta says according to studies, costs on average jump 5-10% following a long-distance merger when the merging hospitals come from different markets. He also says these costs are generally passed on to employers through higher premiums and it’s up to them whether to ask workers to pay more for their coverage.
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“I learned the hard way that having insurance doesn’t necessarily protect you from medical debt when I got a bill for $48,410.”
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