Harvard University September 18, 2023
Study co-author Daniel Carpenter, the Allie S. Freed Professor of Government and chair of Harvard’s Department of Government. Harvard file photo
For the first time, researchers have counted the precise number of US health care regulators who leave for jobs in private industry.
A new study, titled “The Revolving Door in Health Care Regulation” and published in the journal Health Affairs, found nearly one-third of appointees to the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) leave their posts for new roles in the private sector. About 15 percent were employed in private industry prior to appointment.
“Some kind of revolution between government and the private sector is inevitable and perhaps desirable,” said co-author Daniel Carpenter, the Allie S. Freed Professor...
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