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To: pater tenebrarum who wrote (53531)	6/9/2000 11:10:00 AM
From: Tunica Albuginea	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 99985

Heinz:ANOTHER,UNKNOWN to MOST, Medical -Care -Complex, INFLATIONARY point is in the offing: Medical Health Care MONOPOLY by Major HOSPITALS. Let me explain. In the last 8 years BIG Metro Hospitals have been pursuing an AGGRESSIVE buying strategy of buying smaller Hospitals and putting them under their control. An example would be The Cleveland Clinic and University Hospital. The have bought so many Hospitals that now they CONTROL 90% I say 90%!!! of Cleveland Hospital Care!!!! Their strategy is simple. For years they have been squeezed for lower prices by HMOs and the Blues. So they retaliated. They bought all the Hospitals. After that they closed many of these little Hospitals down. So now, if Blue Cross of Cleveland wants to give it's subscribers Health coverage, their subscribers have NO CHOICE but to PAY WHATEVER price Cleveland Clinic asks, because there IS NO OTHER PROVIDER in the area. This is going on in city after city. All small, weak Hospitals have folded or got bot out. So now only the Big Sharks are left swimming. Wait till they start biting your pocket book. Is there ANY doubt why today, Auto Parts is at their highest price increase in ?10 years? In Detroit, Auto makers have to pay the higher prices Monopoly area Hospitals are charging,( plus higher energy prices ), back later TA