Leverage the attention on this merger to advocate for policy changes that make future anti-competitive health mergers easier to prevent.
Use this high-salience merger as a concrete example to build support for stronger merger standards in health care. Focus on policy and oversight that makes it easier to stop highly consolidating deals and to account for harms beyond prices, including quality and labor impacts, as described in the cause. This is a parallel track: it likely won’t decide the immediate case outcome, but it can shape the rules for the next one.
Why this works
- Legislative action could cement a more competition-friendly framework.
- If the Biomanufacturing Excellence Act can acknowledge supply chain competition issues, perhaps a “Healthcare Competition Act” could ride that wave.
- This would help not just this case but across the board (hospitals, insurers, etc.).
- It also shows constituents that elected officials are actively protecting them from monopolies.
Tech Oversight Project
AdvocacyHolding Big Tech accountable through policy and pressure
Mechanism
About LobbyingHow Tech Oversight Project uses funding
- Identify specific legislative and oversight targets tied to merger standards and healthcare consolidation.
- Prepare briefings that connect this case to broader patterns described in the cause.
- Meet with lawmakers and staff; align coalition partners around shared asks and language.
- Support hearings, letters, and public commitments when decision windows open.
- Track progress across sessions and refine language based on feedback and constraints.
Milestones
Checkpoints and the expected timing for each step
- 1
Reform targets and briefing memo finalized
Near-termPriority reforms, key offices, and a shared briefing are agreed across partners.
- 2
Sponsor and language pathway identified
During a legislative sessionDraft language is circulated and a viable sponsorship path is established.
- 3
Oversight moment delivered
When hearings or inquiries openLetters, hearing requests, or public statements elevate consolidation risks.
- 4
Reintroduction and iteration plan set
OngoingA repeatable plan exists for refining and advancing reforms across sessions.