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The Harms of Hospital Mergers and How to Stop Them

There is robust evidence that hospital mergers cause an array of problems, whether between direct competitors or not. In fact, one of the architects of the Obama administration’s healthcare policy, Bob Kocher, later acknowledged that advocating for … See more

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Medicare Advantage and Vertical Consolidation in Health …

WEBMost concerning is that Medicare Advantage now costs taxpayers anywhere from $75 billion to $140 billion annually in over-subsidization relative to traditional …

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New Policy Brief Reveals High Cost of Hospital …

WEBThe American Economic Liberties Project today released "The Harms of Hospital Mergers and How to Stop Them,” a new policy brief that details how hospital …

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Courage to Learn: Health Care

WEBThe 2010 Affordable Care Act made health care integration and consolidation an explicit goal. By the end of the Obama administration, however, at least …

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Corporate Practice of Medicine

WEBCorporate Practice of Medicine. Healthcare is an essential, and deeply personal, service that all Americans need. Whereas the landscape of American …

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Break ‘Em Up: How Health Care Monopolies Hurt Patients, …

WEBCOVID-19 has levied a heavy toll on the health of our country over the past year, particularly for communities of color. Some of the challenges in managing the …

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The Avoidable Tragedy of Low Hospital Capacity in New …

WEBWorking Paper Series on Corporate Power: Paper #3. Introduction. Weeks ago, New Yorkers broke social distancing rules to gawk at the arrival of the USNS …

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FTC Must Stop UnitedHealth-Change Healthcare Merger

WEBWashington, D.C. – The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to a recent announcement made by UnitedHealth …

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Economic Liberties Urges HHS & ONC to Bolster …

WEBAs a cyberattack on UnitedHealth Group-owned healthcare payments exchange Change Healthcare continues to paralyze broad swaths of the US healthcare …

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DOJ’s Investigation Into UnitedHealth Group Is Good News for …

WEBWashington, DC — In response to news that the Department of Justice has launched an antitrust investigation into healthcare giant UnitedHealth Group, the …

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How States Can Take On Big Medicine, Feat. Minnesota State …

WEBOn October 23 at 12 PM ET/ 11 AM CT, join the American Economic Liberties Project for a virtual workshop on how states can challenge corporate power in the health care …

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The Harms of Hospital Mergers

WEBAMERICAN ECONOMIC LIBERTIES PROJECT 1 The Harms of Hospital Mergers and How to Stop Them Sara Sirota April 2023 In 2019, HCA Healthcare, the country’s largest …

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Jacobin: Emergency Room Doctors Are Organizing Against Profit …

WEBIn January, when Jeff Chien told Allan Kamara that he thought he was going to be fired from the Santa Clara Valley Medical Center emergency department, where …

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The American Prospect: Big Health Care Is Already Too Big

WEBThe American Prospect: Big Health Care Is Already Too Big. Some of the most heated policy debates in D.C. these days involve the use of big data to surveil people’s habits. …

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FTC and CA AG Succeed in Stopping Further Hospital …

WEBWashington, D.C. — In response to news that John Muir Health has abandoned its proposed $142.5 million acquisition of San Ramon Regional Medical …

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The Pharmacy Benefit Mafia: The Secret Health Care Monopolies …

WEBThe Federal Trade Commission is currently planning to investigate Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) for their negative effects on patients, drug costs, …

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Regulators Must Block Dangerous Amazon-One Medical Acquisition

WEBWashington, D.C. — The American Economic Liberties Project released the following statement in response to news that Amazon will acquire One Medical for $3.9 …

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Regulators Must Block CVS-Signify Deal to Protect Patients and

WEBWashington, D.C. — In response to CVS Health’s announced $8 billion acquisition of home care provider Signify Health, the American Economic Liberties …

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