“I am concerned, not just in Wilmington but anywhere in the state of North Carolina, where there is a consolidation of healthcare into the hands of fewer people,” Folwell said. "There’s been major exposes in the Wall Street Journal in the past twelve months about what happens to healthcare costs as these monopolies continue to swallow up other types of healthcare facilities. There’s very little evidence that consolidating the power of healthcare into the hands of fewer and fewer people helps the general citizenry long-term.”