Keckley Report May 16, 2022
In healthcare, the event potentially most consequential to consumers for at least the next 3 years happened last week—the Senate confirmation of Alvaro Bedoya to the Federal Trade Commission. The addition of the 40-year old attorney, professor and digital privacy expert gives Democrats a 3:2 majority at a critical time as inflation and economic anxiety portend landslide losses in their November campaign.
If as expected, Democrats lose big in November losing control of the House and Senate, they’ll have few cards to play until Campaign 2024. The FTC is likely to be that card.
Background: The mission of the FTC “is protecting consumers and competition by preventing anticompetitive, deceptive, and unfair business practices through law enforcement, advocacy, and education without...
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