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ICYMI, Grace Mackleby joined A Health Podyssey to discuss her recent paper that explores how vertically integrated Medicare Advantage plans and hospital systems set prices, finding that most affiliated and unaffiliated plans pay similar rates, with notable variation in certain markets.

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