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Healthcare Consolidation

Mosaic Life Care in Kansas City, MO (Corporate HQ, St. Joseph, MO) is my medical services
provider of CHOICE.
After years with no medical coverage, NOW that I have it, I  CHOSE the innovative way in which
the Mosaic team delivers their services.
The facility I use has a New AGE feel to it (just recently learned it was designed by a former
"Disney Imagineer") and the way they practice patient/customer service is beyond exceptional.
It's a far cry from the normal doctors office visit and environment. The technical medical support is
top notch in my book of top notch things :)
Up until the Mosaic experience, I have always felt like I was serving the medical world,
not them serving me. The old way of delivering medical services was "Have a seat over there
and we will get to you when we get to you", not very appealing.
The Mosaic world was not like this at all. Very patient centric.
Now, comes word from ST Joseph's "News-Press Now" DEC 19 2017 that Mosaic has sold most
of its clinics in the northern region of Kansas City to St Luke's Hospital (a major medical power
house in Kansas City).
Apparently, this is a marketing reversal for Mosaic (owned by Heartland Health) and the Mosaic
expansion into Kansas City was nothing more than a financial strategy to bolster the longevity
of Heartland in ST Joseph,  MO.
ST Luke's is not content with its current market share and wishes to expand its presence in
Kansas City.
This buyout is a mutually beneficial (for the providers) arrangement.
The amount of money these healthcare providers have is beyond belief. We on the bottom of the
socioeconomic ladder of course have no money.
What we do/did have was CHOICE.
Now, with ST Luke's gobbling up Mosaic, the one thing I did have ... I no longer have .... CHOICE.
I suppose all the parties involved will say this is a good thing.

I doubt it.

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