Industries & Issues: Health and Pharmacy

Health care is perhaps one of the industries where antitrust enforcement is most needed, but also most difficult to implement successfully. Efforts to control health care costs are a critical public priority, and there are numerous reasons why health care markets do not function according to neoclassical economic models. The AAI believes lax government enforcement of the antitrust laws has resulted in high concentration or cartelization in some sectors, most notably, pharmaceuticals, hospitals and health insurance.

For an overview of AAI's positions, read the Health Sector chapter from AAI's report "The Next Antitrust Agenda."