US EditionPressure From Powerful Hospital Lobby Prompts Lawmakers to Limit Proposed Merger Crackdown
- Democratic lawmakers have scaled back a proposed 2025 regulation targeting hospital mergers and buyouts in Pennsylvania, limiting oversight to private equity-owned facilities and excluding nonprofit hospitals from additional scrutiny.
- The exclusion came after lobbying efforts by HAP, a influential group representing 235 hospitals across Pennsylvania, including large nonprofit organizations like UPMC.
- HAP spent $1.1 million on lobbying and routinely donates hundreds of thousands to state lawmakers, while critics link consolidation to higher prices without care improvements.
- State Rep. Lisa Borowski reintroduced a bill last week covering only for-profit hospital mergers, banning sale-leaseback deals common among private equity owners known for financially unstable acquisitions.
- The bill is under negotiation amid a divided government, with Governor Shapiro supporting wider measures including nonprofits, emphasizing results over perfection and opposing lobbyist influence.
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Pressure From Powerful Hospital Lobby Prompts Lawmakers to Limit Proposed Merger Crackdown
Spotlight PA is an independent, nonpartisan and nonprofit newsroom producing investigative and public-service journalism that holds power to account and drives positive change in Pennsylvania. Sign up for our free newsletters. HARRISBURG — Democratic lawmakers have narrowed the scope of a proposed crackdown on hospital mergers and acquisitions, focusing it on private equity and excluding nonprofit operators from additional oversight after pushba…
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