A study by USC researcher Vivian Wu finds that despite the increasing clout of HMOs in the 1990s, hospitals maintained a dominant position in determining health care pricing decisions. The research is timely as the country re-evaluates its health care system to extend coverage to the uninsured, and considers whether to introduce a public health insurance option. The findings, in effect, provide a glimpse of how hospitals might adapt or react to other external pressures on heath care pricing...
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