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Once a rallying cry for pragmatic Democrats, the "public option" has fallen on hard times.

Mergers between competitor hospitals in the same geographic market have been routinely scrutinized and often challenged by the Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the U.S. Department...

WASHINGTON, April 30-- The American Medical Association, Chicago, Illinois, has issued a public comment to the Federal Trade Commission and the U.S. Department of Justice. To: The Honorable Lina M. Khan, Chair, Federal Trade Commission, Office of the Secretary, Room H-135, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20580. The AMA commends the Department of Justice and the...

High hospital prices are a leading driver of high and rising costs in the U.S. health care system, resulting in insurance premium growth that outpaces the growth in wages and inflation. In particular, the cost of hospital care accounts for one-third of all U.S. health care expenditures. On average, hospitals command prices in the commercial market that are more than twice as high as Medicare, with some hospitals charging three or four times as much. High hospital prices have been fueled by a number of factors, including increasing market consolidation and “must-have” hospitals flexing the...