Greenwood Leflore Hospital pictured in October 2021. Over half of Mississippi's rural hospitals are at risk of closing immediately or in the near future.

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Elisabeth Rosenthal, senior contributing editor at KFF Health News and former ER physician, explains the effects of hospital conglomerates on health care costs and the difficulties in preventing mergers.

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