The health insurance industry wants policymakers to require more transparency of private equity healthcare deals and increase oversight of health system consolidation, the trade group AHIP wrote in letters to President Joe Biden and congressional leaders, Modern Healthcare reports. AHIP outlines policies it argues would improve competition in the healthcare system and reduce costs.
“In too many segments of our healthcare system, competition has been stymied by powerful healthcare providers and drug manufacturers gaming the rules to their advantage and inadequate laws and enforcement to protect competitive markets,” AHIP wrote. Read more.
