Reinier Schuur, PhD, is a policy analyst at the free-market health-policy think tank Center for Modern Health and hosts The Pursuit of Health podcast. A native of the Netherlands, he earned a PhD in philosophy from the University of Birmingham—specializing in the philosophy of medicine—and an MSc in philosophy of psychiatry from King’s College London; he was also a visiting Fulbright scholar at NYU and the University of Pittsburgh.
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2026-08-25
Rethinking Section 6001: The Case for Physician-Owned HospitalsIn the latest episode of the Health Policy Podcast, Bryan Hyde interviews Reinier Schuur, a policy analyst at the Center for Modern Health. They discuss Section 6001 of the Affordable Care Act, which restricts new physician-owned hospitals from receiving Medicare funding, and the implications for healthcare competition and market dynamics. Schuur argues for a reevaluation of this section, highlighting the need for a more equitable approach to healthcare ownership and the potential benefits of physician-owned hospitals.
Notable quotes
“It's actually a prohibition on new physician-owned hospitals from receiving Medicare dollars for seeing Medicare patients.”
“The data doesn't bear out the concerns that motivated Section 6001 to begin with.”
“It just doesn't make sense to discriminate between an entire class of owners because of the actions of a small number of them.”
“Your ability to control your own money when it comes to healthcare is really tied into your own right to pursue healthcare.”
“Most of the problems with the American healthcare system is precisely because of that.”
“Simply replacing corporate-led healthcare with physician-led healthcare is not pro-free market.”
