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What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We’re starting to see the effects - The Conversation

Published by The Conversation Africa By Geronimo Bejarano Cardenas, Grace Mackleby · 18 August 2026 at 15:43
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What happens when your hospital is also your insurance company? We’re starting to see the effects - The Conversation
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Hospitals are tasked with making patients better, but when the hospital that provides care also owns the insurance company that pays for that care, the incentives get more complicated.

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