Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2016
Publication Citation
91 Washington Law Review 71 (2016)
Abstract
This Article assesses the forces on the horizon remaking the fertility industry, including greater consolidation in the health care industry, the prospects for expanding (or contracting) insurance coverage, the likely sources of funding for future innovation in the industry, and the impact of globalization and fertility tourism. It concludes that concentration in the American market, in contrast with other medical services, may not necessarily raise prices, and price differentiation may proceed more from fertility tourism than from competition within a single geographic region. The largest challenge may be linking those who would fund innovation, whether innovation that produces new high cost products or innovations making fertility services more accessible and affordable, with the constantly shifting market niches of a globalized era.
Recommended Citation
Madeira, Jody L. and Carbone, June, "Buyers in the Baby Market: Toward a Transparent Consumerism" (2016). Articles by Maurer Faculty. 2446.
https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/facpub/2446