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The Rise of Market-Based Healthcare

Sep 30, 2026
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How did the U.S. healthcare system shift toward a market-driven approach, and what impact is that still having today?

In this clip from our episode “Corporate Concentration Is Breaking Healthcare”, hosts David E. Williams and John Driscoll speak with Dr. John E. McDonough about how market-based healthcare gained momentum in the 1970s and how changes around antitrust and consolidation continue to shape healthcare costs today.

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🎙️⚕️ABOUT DR. JOHN E. MCDONOUGH
John E. McDonough, DrPH, MPA is Professor of Public Health Practice in the Department of Health Policy & Management at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and Director of Executive and Continuing Professional Education. From 2008 to 2010 he served as a Senior Advisor on National Health Reform to the U.S. Senate HELP Committee, where he worked on the development and passage of the Affordable Care Act. Prior to that he served as Executive Director of Health Care for All, where he played a key role in passage of the 2006 Massachusetts health reform law, and spent 12 years as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives co-chairing the Joint Committee on Health Care. He is the author of three books, including Inside National Health Reform, and has published in Health Affairs and the New England Journal of Medicine. He holds a DrPH from the University of Michigan and an MPA from the Harvard Kennedy School.

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CareTalk is a weekly podcast that provides an incisive, no B.S. view of the US healthcare industry. Join co-hosts John Driscoll (President U.S. Healthcare and EVP, Walgreens Boots Alliance) and David Williams (President, Health Business Group) as they debate the latest in US healthcare news, business and policy. 

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