The Merger Strategy Question 

Given the past 80 days of federal policy volatility, it’s not surprising that mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in the health care field are down. In fact,;health systems announced five hospital merger and acquisition proposals in the first three months of the year, the lowest quarterly amount in more than a decade (see Hospital Merger Activity Hits Record Low In Q1). The uncertainty around tariffs, federal health care funding, deportation effects on the workforce, and general economic volatility has made executive strategic decision-making grind to a near halt.;Not surprisingly, four of the five . . .