Bonus quote of the day: Vertical integration in western Pennsylvania
Community Blue is sold by a company called Highmark.像U.P.M.C.一样，它既是医院系统，也是保险提供商，这是两个行业垂直合并趋势不断增长的一部分。 These and other companies insist that such consolidation streamlines the caregiving system and thus benefits the patient.但是在短期内，[…]当今的奖金报价：宾夕法尼亚州西部的垂直整合首次出现在偶然的经济学家上。
Kevin Drum has a piece up discussing Megan McArdle citing Derick Rowe: Via Megan McArdle, Derek Lowe blogs today about an entire field of pharmaceutical research revolving around PPAR ligands that pretty much went nowhere and cost drug companies a bundle: Allow me to rant for a bit, because I saw ye
Pro-Competition vs. Pro-Business
Jay Greene of The Detroit Free Press (h/t Kaiser Health News) reports, The regulation — which establishes a competitive bidding process for companies that provide medical home equipment to Medicare patients and also limits the number of companies under contract — could drive out of business up to 90
