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  • March 9, 2021
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  • JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association

Addressing Consolidation in Health Care Markets

By: Leemore S. Dafny
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Abstract

This Viewpoint proposes three steps the Biden administration can take to slow consolidation within health care, which has been shown to raise costs without improving service or quality: better fund federal antitrust enforcement agencies; appoint agency heads committed to enforcement; and create an interagency task force devoted to enhancing competition.

Keywords

Antitrust Issues And Policies; Health Care and Treatment; Markets; Consolidation; Competition; Government Administration

Citation

Dafny, Leemore S. "Addressing Consolidation in Health Care Markets." JAMA, the Journal of the American Medical Association 325, no. 10 (March 9, 2021): 927–928.
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Leemore S. Dafny

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