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HealthPartners and Essentia Health boards approve merger plan
Original: Another proposed mega merger: HealthPartners, Essentia Health boards approve plan to combine organizations
The boards of HealthPartners and Essentia Health have approved a plan to combine the two organizations, creating another proposed healthcare mega merger in the United States. If finalized, the deal would unite two major regional health systems, raising questions among patients and officials about consolidation, costs, and access to care in the communities they serve.
Why now: Board approval of a large hospital system merger is significant regional healthcare news amid ongoing waves of consolidation in the US health sector
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- Another proposed mega merger: HealthPartners, Essentia Health boards approve plan to combine organizations · kare11.com
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