Katherine Hall is a Research Assistant at Paragon Health Institute. Before joining Paragon, Katherine worked on supply-side health policy as an intern at the Niskanen Center. She also completed a fellowship with the Health Reformers Academy, where she studied market-based approaches to healthcare reform. Katherine holds a B.S. in Quantitative Economics with minors in Finance and American Politics from Tufts University.
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2026-07-28
Physician-Owned Hospitals: A Solution to Healthcare Consolidation?In this episode of the Health Policy Podcast, Katherine Hall and Ryan Long of Paragon Health Institute discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act on physician-owned hospitals. Hall and Long argue that restrictions imposed by the ACA have stifled competition and growth in the healthcare market, particularly affecting affordability and access. They advocate for Congress to repeal these restrictions to foster competition and improve healthcare outcomes.
Notable quotes
“Allowing physicians the opportunity to expand into those areas can only be helpful.”
“It effectively meant new physician-owned hospitals could not open.”
“The main things about these concerns are that number one, they haven't played out.”
“Healthcare affordability is a major concern right now. And central to this is hospital prices.”
“Studies have shown that prices are actually lower for Medicare patients and also commercial and cash patients.”
“I don't think we spend it properly. We don't target subsidies properly.”
