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Baker, Gonzalez should oppose health care duopoly

Baker, Gonzalez should oppose health care duopoly

Beth Israel-Lahey mega merger will raise, not lower, costs

By James Jennings Charlie Baker, Health Care 0 Comments Sep 16, 2018

“I WILL NOT be the governor who allows Massachusetts to become a health care duopoly.” That’s a bipartisan pledge that Republican Gov. Charlie Baker and his Democratic challenger, Jay Gonzalez, should make regarding the future of health care in our Commonwealth. This pledge concerns the 13-hospital mega merger between Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center and(...)

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