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Beth Israel, Lahey, Others Look To Merge To Compete With Partners HealthCare

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An entrance to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston. (Steven Senne/AP)
An entrance to Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston (Steven Senne/AP)

Some of the state's top hospitals, including Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, New England Baptist Center, Lahey Health, Mount Auburn and Anna Jacques, want to merge — to compete with the state's biggest healthcare operator in the state, Partners HealthCare.

For more on this issue, Commonwealth Magazine reporter Bruce Mohl, who's been covering the proposal, talked to Bob Oakes on Morning Edition.

This segment aired on April 20, 2018.

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