Protecting Competition And Consumers: A Conversation With Timothy J. Muris

Authors

William M. Sage, Texas A&M University School of LawFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

11-2003

Journal Title

Health Affairs

ISSN

0278-2715

DOI

10.1377/hlthaff.22.6.101

Abstract

In this interview with William Sage of Columbia University, Federal Trade Commission (FTC) chair Timothy Muris discusses his commission’s role in the health care arena. He details the FTC’s antitrust and consumer protection activities in a variety of sectors, including hospitals, physicians, and pharmaceuticals. Muris affirms the commission’s belief that markets benefit consumers and that markets need basic rules to operate. The FTC’s role is to enforce those rules, based on empirical evidence, in as much of the economy as possible, including health care.

First Page

101

Last Page

110

Num Pages

10

Volume Number

22

Issue Number

6

Publisher

Project HOPE

Recommended Citation

William M. Sage, Protecting Competition And Consumers: A Conversation With Timothy J. Muris, 22 Health Affs. 101 (2003).
Available at: https://scholarship.law.tamu.edu/facscholar/1736