David Balto

Health Care Industry Consolidation: Focus Needed on Consumer Protection and Balanced Antitrust Enforcement Testimony

Health Care Industry Consolidation: Focus Needed on Consumer Protection and Balanced Antitrust Enforcement

CAP Senior Fellow David Balto testifies before the House Committee on Ways and Means, Subcommittee on Health

Sep 9, 2011

David Balto

The Need for Greater Fee Disclosure Among the PBM Industry Testimony

CVS Caremark, along with Medco Health Solutions and Express Scripts—the two other dominant pharmacy benefit managers, or PBMs—has been plagued with opaque business practices, limited market competition, and widespread allegations of fraud. While PBMs may well prove a necessary expedient in lowering the cost of health care, measures must be taken to ensure that they operate as they are supposed to. (AP/Chris Hatch)

The Need for Greater Fee Disclosure Among the PBM Industry

David Balto testifies before the Employee Benefits Security Administration on why greater fee disclosure is necessary in the PBM industry.

Dec 7, 2010

David Balto

The Need for a New Antitrust Paradigm in Health Care Testimony

Health care providers are often the most effective advocates for patients when insurance companies cross the line and engage in abusive and deceptive conduct. (AP/Paul Beaty)

The Need for a New Antitrust Paradigm in Health Care

David Balto testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about revising the paradigm of health care antitrust enforcement.

Nov 30, 2010

David Balto

Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Face Unprecedented Challenges Testimony

Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney brings a keen perception about the important role of antitrust enforcement as a bulwark to a competitive marketplace. (AP/Haraz N. Ghanbari)

Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Face Unprecedented Challenges

David Balto testifies before the House Judiciary Committee about the challenges faced by the antitrust divisions in the Justice Department and the Federal Trade Commission.

Jul 27, 2010

David Balto

Oversight of the Enforcement of Health Care Antitrust Laws Testimony

Oversight of the Enforcement of Health Care Antitrust Laws

David Balto testifies about health care antitrust enforcement before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Policy, and Consumer Protection.

Jun 9, 2010

David Balto

Problems Arise When Pharmacy Chains Own Pharmacy Benefit Managers Testimony

Legislation is needed to address the increasing problem of the ownership of pharmacy benefit managers, PBMs, by pharmacy chains. These relationships, like that between CVS and Caremark, lead to less competition, greater fraud and deception, and harm to health plans, employers and unions, and consumers. (AP/Winslow Townson)

Problems Arise When Pharmacy Chains Own Pharmacy Benefit Managers

David Balto's testimony before the Ohio Senate Insurance, Commerce, and Labor Committee documents the need for legislation to address the problems that arise when pharmacy chains own PBMs.

Feb 23, 2010

David Balto

Protecting Consumers and Promoting Health Insurance Competition Testimony

Patty Porter works the front counter of the tiny Hall of Fame Cafe, in downtown Wheeling, West Virginia. She and her husband, a receiving manager at Kmart, count themselves among the Americans who lack adequate health insurance coverage. David Balto believes the mission of the Federal Trade Commission and the DOJ's Antitrust Division is vital to protecting consumers and health insurance competition.
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Protecting Consumers and Promoting Health Insurance Competition

CAP Action Senior Fellow David Balto testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on the importance of the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009.

Oct 8, 2009

David Balto

Competition that Works: Why the Google Books Project Is Good for Consumers and Competitors Testimony

A Chinese Google user presents flowers in front of Google sign outside Google China headquarters building in Beijing on January 15, 2010. Google's recent announcement that it may pull out of China is the most immediate test of whether the U.S.-China relationship has actually become the "mature" one President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton assert it is. (AP/Vincent Thian)

Competition that Works: Why the Google Books Project Is Good for Consumers and Competitors

CAP Action Senior Fellow David Balto testifies before the House Judiciary Committee on competitive concerns raised by the Google Books Project.

Sep 10, 2009

David Balto

The Effects of Regulatory Neglect on Health Care Consumers Article

A customer approaches a CVS pharmacy in Saugus, MA, on February 18, 2009. CVS/Caremark is one of the three largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers, which is considered the only segment of the health insurance market that is unregulated by the Federal Trade Commission. (AP/Lisa Poole)

The Effects of Regulatory Neglect on Health Care Consumers

CAP Action Senior Fellow David Balto testifies before the Subcommittee of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation on competition in the health care marketplace

Jul 16, 2009

David Balto

A Progressive Agenda for Antitrust Enforcement at the Antitrust Division Testimony

A Progressive Agenda for Antitrust Enforcement at the Antitrust Division

CAP Action Senior Fellow David Balto testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee on promoting a progressive agenda for antitrust enforcement.

Mar 10, 2009

David Balto

The Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger: What Does It Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business? Testimony

The Ticketmaster-Live Nation Merger: What Does It Mean for Consumers and the Future of the Concert Business?

CAPAF's David Balto testifies on the proposed merger of Ticketmaster and Live Nation and its potential consequences.

Feb 24, 2009

David Balto

Reject the Highmark/Blue Cross Merger Testimony

Reject the Highmark/Blue Cross Merger

David Balto testifies to the Pennsylvania Senate Banking and Insurance Committee on why they should reject the merger of two insurance giants.

Sep 23, 2008

David Balto

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