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Aggregated Purchasing of Health Care Services: Lessons Learned and Blueprints for Success
Frustrated by the continued erosion of health care affordability, many employers believe that they have exhausted every existing option to reduce the cost of health care. Some have attempted to take matters into their own hands. These employers venture to recapture market power by pooling their plan member volume with other health care purchasers to maneuver around health insurance companies and negotiate contracts directly with local providers.