The practice of earmarking ended in 2011, an action driven by public outrage, now policy wonks say it should return. That idea should be rejected, says Linda Stamato, director emerita of the Center for Negotiation and Conflict Resolution at the Edward J. Bloustein School of Planning and Public Policy at Rutgers University.
NJSPL: Making Sense of NJ Hospital Consolidation in a Challenging Policy Environment
By Derek DeLia, Joel Cantor, Bingxiao Wu, Yuhao Zheng Hospital consolidation is drawing more and more attention from healthcare scholars, policymakers, and the media. This consolidation includes hospital mergers and acquisitions (M&A) and the growth of large,...