Rep. Ryan Calls for Federal Probe Into Quality of Care Following Mass Acquisitions of Local Physician Groups

The Crystal Run Healthcare building in Middletown, N.Y., on April 8, 2025. Cara Ding/The Epoch Times

ORANGE COUNTY, N.Y.—Congressman Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) has filed with several federal agencies firsthand reports of a decline in health care quality amid an increasing concentration in the ownership of medical practices in the Hudson Valley region, he said in a statement on April 3.

UnitedHealth Group, the world’s largest health care company, has aggressively expanded its footprint in upstate New York in recent years by buying up major medical groups.