4. Given the recent trend of reduced hospital reimbursement from Medicare, make a case for greater consolidation of the hospital industry. You may need to do some background reading on Medicare payments to hospitals. Next, take the healthcare consumer perspective in arguing that decreased consolidation will improve patient well-being and could lower healthcare costs.
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