A new test of the boundaries between business and health care

Bob Herman covers health insurance, government programs, hospitals, physicians, and other providers — reporting on how money influences those businesses and shapes what we all pay for care. He is also the author of the Health Care Inc. newsletter. You can reach Bob on Signal at bobjherman.09.

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A test of a corporate medicine ban

A battle in Oregon between a local physician group and a large hospital system is testing the state’s revamped ban on corporate medicine, my colleague Tara Bannow reports.