David Balto

Dial “J” for Jobs: Why Antitrust Concerns Should Not Impede the AT&T/T-Mobile Alliance

David Balto argues in The Hill blog that the merger won't hurt job growth.

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

Reinvigorating Antitrust Enforcement

David Balto assesses the Obama administration's antitrust enforcement up to now and offers recommendations to strengthen that enforcement going forward.

The FTC vs. Lake Wobegon

In Hospitals and Health Networks, David Balto tells the simple story of when the Federal Trade Commission decided to focus its massive enforcement resources on a small cooperative of hospitals and physician clinics in rural southwestern Minnesota.

Dueling Authorities

Competing federal agencies monitor antitrust activities, writes David Balto in Trustee. Hospitals need a more coordinated approach.

Making Health Reform Work

Antitrust enforcement needs to be a tool and not an obstacle to improving our health care system, writes David Balto.

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.

The Need for a New Antitrust Paradigm in Health Care

David Balto testifies before the House Judiciary Committee, Subcommittee on Courts and Competition Policy about testify about antitrust enforcement in the health care industry.

Eliminate the Antitrust Healthcare Toll Booth

Without certain measures, antitrust regulation will become a toll booth on the road to meaningful reform that no one will be able to pass, writes David Balto.

Regulating Google: Searching for a Solution Without a Problem

David Balto on why government regulation of of Google is inappropriate and would not work.

Antitrust Enforcement Agencies Face Unprecedented Challenges

Making Health Care Competition Work

David Balto outlines antitrust measures that will help ensure health insurance reform is transparent and effective.