The Hidden Monopoly: How Healthcare Platforms Threaten Competition
The Hidden Monopoly: How Healthcare Platforms Threaten Competition  
Podcast: The Capitol Forum Podcast
Published On: Fri May 23 2025
Description: Jonathan Kanter (former DOJ Antitrust) and Martin Gaynor (Carnegie Mellon Professor and former FTC official) join The Capitol Forum to discuss their groundbreaking paper, The Rise of Healthcare Platforms. They explain how companies like UnitedHealth have evolved into sprawling conglomerates—combining insurer, provider, pharmacy, and PBM functions—and why this consolidation threatens both market competition and patient care.