The Harms of Hospital Mergers and How to Stop Them
April 26, 2023 — "The Harms of Hospital Mergers and How to Stop Them" lays out how hospital consolidation raise prices and lowers quality of care for patients, reduces access, and dampens wages and benefits for hospital staff, along with how policymakers can take action.
Statement for the Record re: “Building Transparency and Accountability to Pharmacy Benefit Managers”
February 16, 2023 — Economic Liberties submitted this statement for the record to Senator Cantwell ahead of the “Building Transparency and Accountability to Pharmacy Benefit Managers" hearing.
Critical Condition: How UPMC’s Monopoly Power Harms Workers and Patients
January 19, 2023 — "Critical Condition" lays out the effect of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s monopoly and monopsony power have on hospital workers and patients in the Pittsburgh area and provides policy recommendations for every level of government to rein in anti-competitive behavior.
The American Prospect: Another Private Equity–Style Hospital Raid Kills a Busy Urban Hospital
September 12, 2022 — In The American Prospect, Economic Liberties' Senior Fellow Moe Tkacik dissected how hospitals are often worth more to investors as real-estate than the care they provide.
The American Prospect: Big Health Care Is Already Too Big
September 2, 2022 — In The American Prospect, Economic Liberties' Research Director Matt Stoller and NCPA's General Counsel Matt Seiler dissect the consequences of the UnitedHealthcare-Change Healthcare merger.