Competition in State Healthcare Markets Act

This bill would require an office within the Department of Health and Human Services to study health care competition and consolidation in each state every year for 10 years. The study would collect data on licensing rules for health care workers, mergers and acquisitions of hospitals, insurers, and other providers, state certificate-of-need and certificate-of-public-advantage laws, and the availability of alternative health insurance such as short-term plans and association health plans. It would also count health care facilities and providers each year and measure market concentration using the Herfindahl-Hirschman Index. Each year, the office would report results to specific House and Senate committees and post the report and data on its public website.

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Sponsors

• Victoria Spartz Republican sponsor
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