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UPMC-Highmark battle for market domination rattles Medicare patients, politicians
I represent both carriers, but across the State in the Lehigh Valley so it doesn't affect my clients directly.
UPMC is the 800-pound gorilla buying up hospitals across the State.
Peterson, the former congressman, said “the reason we are in this mess today is state government did not pay enough attention to what was happening between these behemoths.”
“State government failed us — to allow them to become what they are: two warring giants,” Peterson said. “What’s happening in Pennsylvania puts a dark cloud over our health care future.”
During the height of the dispute, Highmark formed its own hospital system, Allegheny Health Network.
“They’d target one company, put them out of business and then target the next one,” Peterson said. “So that’s what put the fear of God into UPMC.”
I represent both carriers, but across the State in the Lehigh Valley so it doesn't affect my clients directly.
UPMC is the 800-pound gorilla buying up hospitals across the State.
Peterson, the former congressman, said “the reason we are in this mess today is state government did not pay enough attention to what was happening between these behemoths.”
“State government failed us — to allow them to become what they are: two warring giants,” Peterson said. “What’s happening in Pennsylvania puts a dark cloud over our health care future.”
During the height of the dispute, Highmark formed its own hospital system, Allegheny Health Network.
“They’d target one company, put them out of business and then target the next one,” Peterson said. “So that’s what put the fear of God into UPMC.”
