Consolidation is changing heatlh care — and how much it costs — in almost every corner of the country.
Annual hospital financial reports highlight one big-picture health care trend across California: Hospitals are making increasingly higher profits on commercially insured patients, while they’re suffering steeper losses on Medicare patients.
Project: Big health: A look at how the Central Coast's two hospital systems shape local health care costs
"We live in a health care desert. There's no other way to say it," on Central Coast resident said. "We are basically beholden to two major health care companies."