Michael D. Williams

Dr. Michael D. Williams is the director of the University of Virginia’s Center for Health Policy, a joint program of the Batten School, the School of Medicine and the Department of Public Health Sciences. The Center for Health Policy provides comprehensive, apolitical analysis of current and proposed health policy for citizens and policymakers.

Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:01
U.S. Healthcare: An Industry Too Big to FailIf we continue to treat healthcare as an industry, we should continue to expect surprise bills and expensive drugs
Wed, 08/07/2019 - 12:01
As I spoke recently with colleagues at a conference in Florence, Italy, about healthcare innovation, a fundamental truth resurfaced in my mind: the U.S. healthcare industry is just that. An industry, an economic force, Big Business. It is a vehicle…