Our mission is to develop and promote ideas that move health policy in the direction of freedom and markets. By rethinking a few fundamental assumptions and acting accordingly, we could all be doing so much better.

Corporate Practice of Medicine laws were intended to protect physicians from corporate control. But in fact they disarm physicians against corporations, including PE-backed takeovers. Doctors should embrace business, not insulate themselves from it. pod.link/1822785067/episode/…

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Everybody seems to hate Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) right now. But how are they *actually* using force or fraud against pharmacists or employers or consumers, and not just clout? A first thought might be to say that PBMs are violating their fiduciary duty. But that's weak because PBMs are not automatically fiduciaries in the way that trustees and lawyers are. If an employer agrees to contract terms that let the PBM do all the various bad stuff (rebates, spread pricing, etc.), then that's a dead end. The PBM can say that it never promised to act solely in the employer's interest. BUT I wonder if you could rightfully argue that the employer was induced into the relationship under false pretenses. For instance, if you went back through the sales communications and all the PBM people were saying "We work for you" and "We negotiate the best prices on your behalf," seems like you'd have a foot in the door for arguing fraud, which I assume could nullify the contract. To me, putting the focus there is better than playing whack-a-mole with all the different practices. @SenWarren @HawleyMO @mcuban

The American experiment depends on more than ideals. It depends on the institutions that help preserve them. In Newsweek, Richard Graber, President & CEO, The Bradley Foundation, and Hanna Skandera, President & CEO, Daniels Fund, write about protecting the institutions that sustain American exceptionalism. Read the full op-ed: hubs.la/Q04jLWPy0

Advocates for free-markets often argue that healthcare is not a right--at least not if defined as the right to someone else's labor. But there's more to say on this matter. CMH's @jaredrhoads digs deeper: youtu.be/UGThf9nHyLI?si=cN5s…

Repeal Section 6001 of the ACA (regarding physician-owned hospitals) or not? It may not be THE central question in health policy, but it is A question. We dive in... centerformodernhealth.org/pu…

Very fair assessment on the question of physician owned hospitals. Plus I’m quoted. So worth a read

NEW ARTICLE! Physician-Owned Hospitals: Subsidy-Seekers or Market Disruptors? Tagging our friends @mfcannon and @DrDiGiorgio since both are mentioned. centerformodernhealth.org/pu…

Section 6001 of the ACA effectively prevents new physician-owned hospitals from participating in Medicare, dramatically limiting their growth. The debate over repeal reveals questions about corporate versus subsidy-seeking, taxpayer interests, and more. centerformodernhealth.org/pu…

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