Stress Testing Cardiac Care Markets through Deregulation
The authors are grateful to seminar organizers and attendees at the University of Pennsylvania, University of Southern California, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Harvard University, Penn State University, and the American Society of Health Economists 2026 Conference for excellent feedback on earlier versions of this work. The authors additionally thank the Florida Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA) for providing data resources. AHCA was not involved in any data analyses or results interpretation. Any views or errors belong solely to the authors. The views expressed herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Bureau of Economic Research.
I have received grant funding from the National Institute on Aging (K01AG061274 and R01AG073286), the California Health Care Foundation, the Health Care Services Corporation, Patients Rights Advocates, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System, Arnold Ventures, the National Institute for Health Care Management Foundation, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation. I have received consulting payments unrelated to this study from Analysis Group, Kong, Inc, the California Office of Health Care Affordability, and the Rhode Island Attorney General’s office.
