The end of long-standing exclusive contracts between the dominant Greenville Hospital System and two major health plans, coupled with increased hospital expansion, suggests health care costs will continue to rise in Greenville.

Local communities tend to find it easier to expand care than to extend coverage. To study this issue, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation funded projects in 14 communities to expand health coverage and improve care for their uninsured residents. This study of seven Communities in Charge sites...

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The end of long-standing exclusive contracts between the dominant Greenville Hospital System and two major health plans, coupled with increased hospital expansion, suggests health care costs will continue to rise in Greenville.