Indiana takes on powerful hospitals by capping prices they charge employers

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  1. The biggest problem with hospitals in Indiana is they keep building feeder hospitals. They have too much overhead in brick and mortar.

  2. The point of insurance companies is totally left out. Insurance sets what is paid, not the hospitals. And how do you thing those insurance companies a remaking millions of dollars each year? It is not just hospitals.

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