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• As a result of new consumer demands, increased expenses and government-induced cost-shifting, our communities are experiencing rapidly rising healthcare costs.
• Alegent Health is pursuing its own cost-saving measures and is committed to playing a leadership role in helping our community make healthcare more affordable for all.
At Alegent Health
The Facts
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Major demographic changes, technological breakthroughs, reduced government reimbursement, dramatic scientific advances, shifts in consumer expectations, the rising cost of pharmaceuticals and significant economic dislocations have made the delivery of quality healthcare one of the most challenging professions in today's complex marketplace.
Healthcare providers find themselves treating millions of aging Americans who need and expect more care and administering a system being dramatically changed by the adoption of wonderful, but costly new drugs and technologies. Even as we struggle with these realities, we must simultaneously grapple with ever-expanding governmental regulations and lagging government reimbursement that does not keep pace with the cost of care.
As a result of new demands, expenses and government-induced cost-shifting, healthcare consumers are experiencing rapidly rising healthcare costs - higher costs that workers and employers alike must address in an economic environment driven by the realities of international competition and demands for increased productivity.
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