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Encourage and support the growth of alternative, independent home health providers and hospice companies to maintain competition.
Reduce harm by strengthening independent providers and making sure any divested assets become real competitors, not placeholders. Use policy support, stakeholder coordination, and practical capacity-building so seniors and families keep nearby options even if consolidation proceeds. This is a longer-horizon approach that complements litigation and remedy monitoring, especially in local markets where choice is already thin.
Why this works
- Strengthening competitors mitigates harm – for instance, if BrightSpring (KKR-owned) is not ideal, maybe regional hospital systems or nonprofits could expand home health services as an alternative.
- Some state Attorneys General might facilitate local buyers for any assets sold.
- By focusing on building a competitive ecosystem (like spurring innovation in at-home care tech for new entrants), we reduce reliance on one giant.
Families USA is a leading national nonprofit advocacy organization dedicated to achieving high-quality, affordable health care and improved health for all Americans. Founded in 1981, Families USA amplifies the voices of health care consumers in policy debates:. It played a key role in shaping and defending the Affordable Care Act and continues to push for expanding coverage, lowering health costs, and addressing health equity.
Mechanism
How Families USA uses funding
- Identify where local competition is most at risk and what options exist today.
- Support capacity-building for independent and nonprofit providers that can serve those areas.
- Advocate for policies that do not structurally disadvantage smaller providers.
- Coordinate with enforcers so divestiture buyers (if used) are viable and independent.
- Monitor contracting and referral dynamics for signs competitors are being squeezed out.
Partner notes
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