Deep Dive Series – The Health Care Conundrum, Part 2

During pandemics, rapid vaccination can significantly reduce mortality, economic losses, and societal disruptions. Vaccine manufacturers often lack incentives to expand their speed and capacity, however. This market failure can be addressed with strategic policies that realign incentives both during and...

Private equity’s influence on hospital performance includes permanent improvements in hospital patient volumes and revenues, reductions in full-time employees, restrained technology adoption, and improved operating margins.

Rising health care prices are passed onto employers as higher insurance premiums, which decreases their demand for labor and reduces employment, leading to lost wages, reduced tax revenue, and increased suicide and overdose rates.