Do Provider-Owned Health Plans Lower Healthcare Costs? New Evidence on Vertical Integration | Mitchell Mead Rob Lott October 27, 2026

https://www.healthaffairs.org/do/10.1377/hp20261020.288933/full/?utm_campaign=podcast&utm_medium=email&_hsenc=p2ANqtz--FFvR27lUvbC1raMWJ2vvZtua9nVR25TlUOHmfVQJ-ULAHhWircqQbV-2-2omZld5ZAejxkMcVbHyebT2KXceHAECc6g&_hsmi=446794715&utm_content=ahp&utm_source=hasu In this episode of A Health Podyssey, host Rob Lott speaks with University of Michigan's Mitchell Mead about his new Health Affairs research examining whether provider-sponsored health plans negotiate healthcare prices differently than traditional insurers.