STAT+: New mega-deal highlights Geisinger’s fall, and raises concerns about where Kaiser is going next
STAT+: New mega-deal highlights Geisinger’s fall, and raises concerns about where Kaiser is going next Bob Herman
In 2009, when President Barack Obama was touring the country and ginning up support for what would eventually become the Affordable Care Act, Geisinger entered the mainstream.
Obama praised Geisinger, the rural Pennsylvania hospital system and health insurer “where high-quality care is being provided at a cost well below the national average.” Its image as the archetype of local, integrated care seemed peerless.