#Healthcare in #Mississippi gets more #consolidation, becomes less secular as Singing River is sold to out-of-state "non-profit"; #MississippiToday explicitly saying their size enables them to depress wages. Recent years hospitals in the state have coordinated their employment policies (#antitrust #ftc) to shield themselves from competition in hiring. Expansion of regional #monopoly makes this worse.

"Catholic nonprofit selected as #SingingRiverHospital's new owner" https://mississippitoday.org/2023/03/27/singing-river-hospital-owner/