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Healthcare Rendition:  Non-profit Hospitals Becoming an Oxymoron.   

 Liss, S. St. Louis Post-Dispatch. When a nonprofit health system outsources its ER, Debt collectors follow. April 17, 2016. http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/when-a-nonprofit-health-system-outsources-its-er-debt-collectors/article_826b26bf-0c85-5ae4-9af1-a1f9f9591539.html

Health Insurance.org. Kentucky has accepted federal Medicaid expansion. https://www.healthinsurance.org/kentucky-medicaid/

Bailey J. How the Medicaid Expansion Can Save Money in the State Budget. KY Policy Blog.
http://kypolicy.org/medicaid-expansion-can-save-money-state-budget/ 

Sun LH. These hospitals make the most money off patients – and they’re mostly nonprofits. Washington Post May 3, 2016. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2016/05/02/these-hospitals-make-the-most-money-off-patients-and-theyre-mostly-nonprofits/ 

Sun JH. 50 hospitals charge the uninsured more than 10 times cost of care, study finds. Washington Post. June 8, 2015. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/why-some-hospitals-can-get-away-with-price-gouging-patients-study-finds/2015/06/08/b7f5118c-0aeb-11e5-9e39-0db921c47b93_story.html 

Anthem-Cigna merger poses promise and perils http://www.modernhealthcare.com/article/
20150725/MAGAZINE/307259961

Proposed Anthem-Cigna Merger Under Fire from CA Consumers Health Leaders. April 5, 2016. http://www.wsj.com/articles/humana-profit-falls-46-hurt-by-costs-from-aetna-merger-1462365091

Humana Profit Falls 46%, Hurt by Costs From Aetna Merger. May 4, 2016. Wall Street Journal. http://www.wsj.com/articles/humana-profit-falls-46-hurt-by-costs-from-aetna-merger-1462365091

Health Affairs. Jan. 26, 2016. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/01/22/mega-health-insurance-mergers-is-bigger-really-better/

Newman D, Parente ST, Barrette E, Kennedy K. Prices For Common Medical Services Vary Substantially Among The Commercially Insured. Health Affairs. Jan. 26, 2016. http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2016/01/22/mega-health-insurance-mergers-is-bigger-really-better/