The Aspen Institute 5d ago

Today’s healthcare marketplace is becoming increasingly consolidated as health systems swallow up hospitals, purchase physician practices, and merge with other health systems. Private equity and other corporate entities are significant players here, especially as buyers of physician practices. Consolidation can lead to higher prices but the impact of these ownership trends on quality of care and access to services is debatable. The risk of diminished competition is real but so is the possibility that outside capital can keep some rural hospitals open and economies of scale can generate cost savings. Aspen Ideas: Health takes place on the Aspen Institute’s wondrous 40-acre campus in the Rocky Mountains from June 22-25, 2026. The three-day event, which has opened the renowned Aspen Ideas Festival since 2014, is where health’s biggest challenges meet its biggest thinkers. #AspenIdeasHealth #AspenIdeas For more information about Aspen Ideas: Health, visit https://www.aspenideas.org/health.