Health care
How the Wrong Presumptions Led to the Wrong Conclusions in the United/Change Healthcare Merger
On Sept. 19, a federal judge approved UnitedHealth Group’s acquisition of Change Healthcare over the concerns of the U.S. Department of Justice. The judge’s...
The Fall of American Manufacturing and the Rise of Health Care
In an excerpt from his new book The Next Shift, University of Chicago historian Gabriel Winant explores how deindustrialization and the decline of the...
Who Bears the Cost of Administrative Problems in Health Care?
A new paper explores the resources consumed by the complicated billing process in health care and the process’ impact on patients’ access to care.
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Plagues Upon the Earth: How Wealth Intersects With Mortality
Kyle Harper’s new book, Plagues Upon the Earth: Disease and the Course of Human History, shows that the story of disease is entangled with...
Challenges to Sound Global Governance for Health
In an excerpt from his new book, Global Health Security: A Blueprint for the Future, Lawrence O. Gostin examines the challenges and threats to...
Competition Problems in Prescription Drug Market
Although not the sole cause of high prescription drug costs, abusive practices that distort competition contribute to the problem. Too many companies exclude competition...
The Unchecked Market Power of the American Health Care System
Chicago Booth alumnus and retired health care consultant David W. Ennis responds to ProMarket’s recent coverage on antitrust and the US health care system....
The Covid-19 Pandemic Should Not Delay Actions to Prevent Anticompetitive Consolidation in US Health Care Markets
Harvard Business School professor Leemore Dafny lays out potential reforms to assist agencies in halting anticompetitive acquisitions and practices, and to preserve and promote...
More Than 20 Years of Consolidation Have Led to a Dysfunctional Health Care Market
The US health care system is based on markets, which do not function as well as they could, or should. Prices are high and...
Preventing Drug Shortages and Saving Lives: The Role of Quality and Reliability Standards
Prescription drug shortages have become more common in recent years, interrupting usual medical care and increasing patient risk and system costs, but they are...
