Heritage March 17, 2023
KEY TAKEAWAYS
Too often, federal and state officials…impose meticulously detailed laws, rules, and regulations that restrict competition in healthcare markets.
While healthcare licensing and delivery rules are still mostly set by the states, healthcare financing is strongly influenced by federal policy.
Congress can take three major steps to improve competition in healthcare markets.
Bad healthcare policy raises costs and lowers quality for individuals and families. Yet too often, federal and state officials, driven by special interests, impose meticulously detailed laws, rules, and regulations that restrict competition in healthcare markets.
The situation varies from state to state. But generally speaking, highly concentrated healthcare markets, regions where a...