A PYMNTS Company

Rural Health Care and State Antitrust Reform

By  |  February 18, 2015

Posted by Social Science Research Network

    Get the Full Story

    Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content — no additional logins required.

    yesSubscribe to our daily newsletter, PYMNTS Today.

    By completing this form, you agree to receive marketing communications from PYMNTS and to the sharing of your information with our sponsor, if applicable, in accordance with our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions.

    Rural Health Care and State Antitrust Reform–  Michael S. Jacobs (DePaul University)

    Abstract: Two premises underlie state health care antitrust law reform measures. The first presumes that the federal antitrust laws prevent efficiency-enhancing collaborations and that, by displacing the federal regime, states can encourage health care firms to generate cost savings that they in turn will pass on to consumers. The second presumes that rural markets in particular will benefit from the continued presence of their “traditional” health care providers now threatened with extinction and that provider cooperation laws will resuscitate firms that would otherwise perish.