Syracuse.com: Upstate-Crouse merger needs more scrutiny, not less | Opinion
August 31, 2022 — In an op-ed for Syracuse.com, Economic Liberties' Director of State & Local Policy Pat Garofalo discusses the latest hospital merger moving through Syracuse and makes the case for why "New York regulators and lawmakers should not only reject this deal, but repeal the underlying legislation that could make it so damaging."
The Pharmacy Benefit Mafia: The Secret Health Care Monopolies Jacking Up Drug Prices and Abusing Patients and Pharmacists
June 22, 2022 — Designed to catalogue the ways PBMs wield their power to exploit patients, pharmacists, doctors and our government, "The Pharmacy Benefit Mafia" details PBMs’ abusive business practices, their history of skirting regulation, and how the FTC’s recent efforts can put power back into the hands of patients and pharmacists.
Jacobin: Vulture Capitalists Want To Flood the Health Care System With Cheap Medical Labor
May 20, 2022 — In Jacobin, Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow Moe Tkacik details how private equity firms have conspired to flood the emergency health care market with ER doctors in an effort to cut labor costs.
The American Prospect: A Community Hospital in Deep-Red Wyoming
April 27, 2022 — In The American Prospect, Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow Moe Tkacik penned an essay about how one community in rural Wyoming is trying to fight back against PE giant Apollo’s destruction of their hospitals and broader community.
Jacobin: Emergency Room Doctors Are Organizing Against Profit-Driven Health Care
April 19, 2022 — In Jacobin, Economic Liberties’ Senior Fellow Moe Tkacik explained why in the face of staff shortages, patient surges, and the chaos of COVID-19, emergency room doctors are starting to organize.