The Minnesota Star Tribune
Will the Allina-Sutter Health deal drive up the cost of health care in Minnesota?
By Christopher Snowbeck
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Center for Advancing Health Policy through Research
Christopher M. Whaley Ph.D.
Markets and Competition Lab Lead, Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy & Practice
Biography
Christopher Whaley is an Associate Professor of Health Services, Policy, and Practice at the Brown University School of Public Health, having joined from the RAND Corporation, where he remains a health economist. His research focuses on health care price transparency and market structure and has been published widely and featured in outlets including The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Forbes, and CNN, with findings cited in state and federal policymaking.
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The Economist
How to lower America’s soaring health-care costs
Meaningful opportunities to reduce U.S. health-care costs already exist but are often overshadowed by the focus on more politically prominent proposals.
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Republican lawmakers pressed for stricter oversight of nonprofit hospitals at a House hearing, arguing that many exploit tax exemptions while providing limited charity care. Witnesses, including Brown University’s Christopher Whaley, highlighted that current reporting structures obscure hospital-level community benefit, and urged stronger, more transparent requirements to ensure accountability.
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