Dutch Rojas argues restrictions on physician-owned hospitals reduced independent capacity and accelerated consolidation, claiming many closures ended in acquisition by the systems that lobbied for the ban.
265 physician-owned hospitals before the ban.
85 have been eliminated.
35% of those that closed were acquired by the systems that lobbied for the ban.
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