Jamie Cowan
Microexonomics
Critical Analysis #1
Article: Health Care Consolidation Is a Disease, Not a Cure – US News, Death by Monopoly
Link: http://www.usnews.com/opinion/economic-intelligence/2015/08/17/health-care-
consolidation-is-a-disease-not-a-cure
For my first critical analysis, I choose the topic, Monopolies. Part of the article title, Death by
Monopoly, really caught my attention. I have very strong feelings about this particular subject
and simply wanted to read what the author was trying to say. At first, the article was really hard
to follow, healthcare CEO’s and their associates acclaim competition however their actions say
otherwise. I don’t fully understand the politics that coincide with
