FTC warns against antitrust exemptions for health care. (Federal Trade Commission, health care professionals and hospitals)

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, March, 1993 by Fisher, Mary Jane

WASHINGTON - Proposals to exempt health care professionals and hospitals from federal antitrust laws "could be a step backward that harms consumers by hindering effective competition," Federal Trade Commission Chairman Janet D. Steiger has warned. In a major speech on antitrust enforcement in the business of health care, Ms.

Steiger said the current focus on health care reform presents opportunities and risks. "Despite some imperfections, competition in health care markets has provided important consumer benefits, and antitrust enforcement has been vital to the emergence of the managed care plans with their pro-competitive potential," she said. In an address at a recent National Health Lawyers Association of Washington program on antitrust in the health...

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