Klobuchar, Lee Announce Hearing: “Antitrust Applied: Hospital Consolidation Concerns and Solutions”

WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Mike Lee (R-UT), Chairwoman and Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, announced the witness list for the Subcommittee's hearing on hospital consolidation, titled 'Antitrust Applied: Hospital Consolidation Concerns and Solutions.' The hearing will be held tomorrow, Wednesday, May 19, 2021 at 2:30 PM.

Witnesses will include:

• Professor Martin S. Gaynor - E.J. Barone University Professor of Economics and Public Policy, Carnegie Mellon University
• Ms. Beth McCracken - Patient undergoing cancer treatment from Pittsburgh, PA
• Mr. Michael Cannon - Director Of Health Policy Studies, Cato Institute
• Dr. Rodney Hochman - President And CEO Of Providence, and Chair of the American Hospital Association
• Mr. Ahmer Qadeer - Director Of Strategic Initiatives, Service Employees International Union
• Dr. Brian Miller - Assistant Professor Of Medicine, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine

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