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Still worried about high health care prices?
So are we. But the form of the remedy matters. New in @Health_Affairs, @Michael_Chernew, @LeemoreDafny, and I show that hospital price regulation based on market concentration is likely to miss the mark. 1/9
healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…
So are we. But the form of the remedy matters. New in @Health_Affairs, @Michael_Chernew, @LeemoreDafny, and I show that hospital price regulation based on market concentration is likely to miss the mark. 1/9
healthaffairs.org/doi/10.1377/hl…
There is broad consensus that hospital consolidation increases prices, on avg. This has been studied extensively, motivating proposals to regulate hospital prices based on market concentration including a bipartisan think tank proposal and Congressional bills. However, … 2/9
… it turns out that using the geographic market definition commonly used in such proposals (the HRR), most high-price hospitals are in markets that would be deemed competitive or “moderately concentrated” under antitrust guidelines. 3/9 
Our recommended #BackToSchool essentials come from Katie Keith, an adjunct professor at the @oneillinstitute and contributing editor at Health Affairs focused on the Affordable Care Act (#ACA) and health reform. (Thread)
“If you’re a regular reader of Health Affairs Blog, you know I read. A lot—on all things ACA. On the occasion that my professional reading isn’t crowding out my personal reading, here are a few of my recent favorite reads or podcast episodes:
1⃣ The Ten Year War: Obamacare and the Unfinished Crusade for Universal Coverage by Jonathan Cohn. bit.ly/3DvSwN3
