Hospital consolidation is putting a fresh spotlight on the price Americans pay for medical care. Gen Z is challenging another long-standing workplace norm, questions are swirling around one of Britain’s most celebrated academics, and an unconventional doctor is offering a very different way to measure digestive health.

On today’s TMI Show with Ted Rall and Manila Chan:

Hospitals have been joining forces across America for years, with health systems arguing that bigger organizations can deliver better, more efficient care. But researchers are now looking more closely at what those deals mean for patients, employers and anyone paying an insurance premium. What really happens to your health-care costs when hospitals stop competing with one another?

Gen Z has already changed dating, communication an ...