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Ike Brannon

  • Contributor, Forbes
  • President, Capital Policy Analytics Group
Washington, D.C.
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Economist and writer in Washington DC. Avid follower of Mossville IL sports.
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Monopolies mean Wisconsin pays higher hospital costs | Opinion

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By Anthony Sasso, Ike Brannon
| Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Verified
A decade of consolidation has left many Wisconsin communities with one practical option for hospital care, and monopolists charge monopoly prices. Anthony Lo Sasso and Ike Brannon Special to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug. 22, 2026, 5:02 a.m. CT A new analysis shows Wisconsin hospitals charge about 25% more than Illinois hospitals for identical inpatient services. This price gap persists even within the same health system operating in both states.
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Monopolies mean Wisconsin pays higher hospital costs | Opinion

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By Anthony Sasso, Ike Brannon
| The Sheboygan Press Verified
A decade of consolidation has left many Wisconsin communities with one practical option for hospital care, and monopolists charge monopoly prices. Anthony Lo Sasso and Ike Brannon Special to Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Aug. 22, 2026, 5:02 a.m. CT A new analysis shows Wisconsin hospitals charge about 25% more than Illinois hospitals for identical inpatient services. This price gap persists even within the same health system operating in both states.
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Monopolies mean Wisconsin pays higher hospital costs | Opinion

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By Anthony Sasso, Ike Brannon
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Few pastimes are more beloved in Wisconsin than cataloging what's wrong with Illinois: the taxes, the pensions, the politics, the sheer expense of the place. Much of the ribbing is deserved. But on one big-ticket item, the joke runs the other way. Cross the state line and the same C-section, the same heart bypass, the same gallbladder surgery, performed in hospitals owned by the same health system, costs roughly a quarter more on the Wisconsin side.
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