That’s the title of a new NBER working paper by Martin Gaynor, Kate Ho, and Robert Town. I confess to not reading the whole thing
I know Joshua Gans only in the sense that I read his blog, have exchanged a handful of e-mails with him, and have heard him
I struggle to understand health care antitrust issues. It’s not for lack of trying. It’s just that I find much writing by lawyers to be
Last Friday, I suggested readers try to come up with other industries that share the following property with health care: the quality of the outcomes,
This is my fourth “health care is different” post this week (links to first and second and third). What I forgot in the others was
Recently, I explained that there are many possible causes of high market concentration. Furthermore, its effect on consumer price and market entry is theoretically ambiguous. In
It’s clear to me from Ezra Klein’s reference to my “Health care is different” post that I need to say more. Many suggest that the
Some sentences I agree with: Health care markets and the airline industry both have barriers to entry. The former requires special licenses, the latter requires considerable
I’ve wondered what the role of non-profit hospitals will be once nearly all Americans have health insurance. The problem of uncompensated care will largely go
The time has come to dig a bit deeper into the current vision for the future of health care in America: accountable care organizations (ACOs).
Robert Reich has an interesting post today on the Senate public option compromise. First he reminds readers that the compromise includes (1) an expansion of
Sick of reading posts about market theory and health care costs? If so, skip this one and read this alternative post from the archives. It
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