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Breaking Up Health Care Conglomerates—The Right Fix Right Now?

JAMA 10.1001/jama.2026.8668

May 28, 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT

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This Viewpoint discusses breaking up health care conglomerates to decrease the cost of health care insurance.

Corresponding Author: Leemore S. Dafny, PhD, Harvard Business School and Harvard Kennedy School, Harvard University, 15 Harvard Way, Morgan 139, Boston, MA 02163 (ldafny@hbs.edu).

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