Monopoly concerns dominate second Lifespan-CNE public comment meeting

Jacquelyn Voghel

January 26, 2022 6:33 pm

AT A SECOND public comment meeting on the proposed Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System merger, many participants voiced concerns that the integrated health system, which would include Brown University, would monopolize the state's health care. — R.I. ATTORNEY GENERAL Peter Neronha has denied the application for a proposed merger between Lifespan and Care New England health systems.

PROVIDENCE – Throughout a two-hour meeting held on Wednesday on the proposed Lifespan Corp. and Care New England Health System merger, many attendees raised a similar concern: the monopolization of health care, and how it would impact patients and employees. “I can’t think of a time in recent history when a monopoly has ever benefited…