Viewpoint: Antitrust strategies could rein in healthcare costs

When there’s less competition, prices are higher. That’s one fundamental principle of economics that applies to all markets, and this is especially true in healthcare, where American hospitals are the driver of the rising cost of care, Barak Richman, PhD, professor of law and business administration at Durham, N.C.-based Duke University, wrote in a Jan. 19 column for Politico.

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