Biden Administration Continues Antitrust Crusade With New Merger Guidelines

<p>Listen to <em>Health Affairs</em>' Jessica Bylander and Kathleen Haddad discuss the <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/news-events/news/press-releases/2023/07/ftc-doj-seek-comment-draft-merger-guidelines">recently-released merger guidelines</a> from the Federal Trade Commission and its potential impacts on the health care industry. </p><p>Read the CVS Health-sponsored series "<a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/topic/ss250?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week"><em>Private Sector Solutions for Health Equity.</em></a><em>"</em></p><p><strong>Related Links:</strong></p><ul> <li> <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2023/07/biden-administration-corporate-merger-antitrust-guidelines/674779/">Biden Declares War on the Cult of Efficiency</a> (<em>The Atlantic</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3657598">Who Pays for Health Care Costs? The Effects of Health Care Prices on Wages</a> (<em>SSRN</em>)</li> <li> <a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/doi/full/10.1377/hlthaff.2019.00918?utm_medium=Podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week">Access, Quality, and Financial Performance of Rural Hospitals Following Health System Affiliation</a> (<em>Health Affairs</em>)</li> </ul><p>C<em>urrently, more than 70 percent of our content is freely available — and we’d like to keep it that way. </em><a href="https://www.healthaffairs.org/subscribe/individual?utm_medium=podcast&amp;utm_source=this+week&amp;utm_campaign=individual+subscriptions"><em>With your support,</em></a> <em>we can continue to keep our digital publication Forefront</em> <em>and podcasts free for everyone.</em></p>