Health Policy Analysis: Antitrust Law and Regulation on Health Care Providers

European Journal of Environment and Public Health

Henry O’Lawrence¹  Martha Kelly²  Mei Li²  Lisa Saunders² 

[1] CSULB, Long Beach, UNITED STATES;Samford University, Alabama, UNITED STATES

关键词: antitrust law;    regulations;    policy;   

DOI  :  10.20897/ejeph/82620

学科分类：地球科学(综合)

来源: Lectito Journals

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this theoretical policy analysis report was to determine if antitrust laws should be based upon concrete wrongful conduct and should not force the health care industry to adopt defensive, cumbersome business practices that actually impede their ability to compete. The role of antitrust is to ensure that competition is preserved and protected so that it can be harnessed. It is in the government interest to supports efforts that bring more competition to the health insurance marketplace that lowers costs, expand choice, improve quality; with the role of antitrust to ensure that competition is preserved and protected to help improving the U.S. health care system, together with regulation to expand coverage and control cost of health care for general population.  Therefore, antitrust cases and sanctions need to be tightly tied to defensible theories of wrongful conduct in order to properly reflect what society thinks is wrong and clarify what is punishable conduct.

【 授权许可】

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