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As more hospitals merge, California eyes stronger oversight

by Associated Press
| August 23, 2020 10:03 AM

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Attorney General Xavier Becerra wants the power to block hospital mergers that he says would limit competition and drive up prices, setting up a fight in the state Legislature this week over the future of health care delivery in the nation's most populous state.

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