July 2004 Health Care Report and Executive Summary and Press Release

• Overview
• Agenda
• Materials
• Press Releases and Federal Register Notice
• Links and Contact Information

 Overview

The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice will commence public hearings in Washington, D.C. on February 26, 2003 on the implications of competition law and policy for health care financing and delivery. The hearings will broadly consider the impact of competition law and policy on the cost, quality, and availability of health care, and the incentives for innovation in the field.

Specific subjects to be considered include hospital mergers, the significance of non-profit status, vertical integration, quality and efficiencies, the boundaries of the state action and Noerr-Pennington doctrines, monopsony power, the adequacy of existing remedies for anticompetitive conduct, and the implications of the Commission's consumer protection mandate with regard to the performance of the health care financing and delivery markets.

The goal is to promote dialogue, learning, and consensus building among all interested parties. The FTC and the DOJ plan to hold three to five days of hearings per month between March and September 2003, exclusive of August 2003.

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  Agenda

• Comprehensive Agenda: Issues and Speakers [PDF 74KB]
  
  
• Month-by-Month Summary of Health Care Hearings Planned for 2003
  
  
• Agenda for Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  September 24, 2003 - October 1, 2003
  
  
• Agenda for Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law Policy:
  June 25, 2003 - June 26, 2003
  
  
• Agenda for Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy:
  June 10, 2003 - June 12, 2003
  
  
• Agenda for Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy:
  May 27, 2003 - May 30, 2003
  
  
• Agenda for Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  April 23, 2003 - May 8, 2003 (March 26, 2003)
  
  
• Agenda for Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  April 9th - 11th (March 28, 2003)
  
  
• Agenda for Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  March 2003 (March 18, 2003)
  
  
• February 2003 Agenda for Joint FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  (February 19, 2003)

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 Materials

• Protecting Competition And Consumers: A Conversation Between Timothy J. Muris and Professor William Sage, Health Affairs, November/December 2003; 22(6): 101-110. [Abstract] [Full Text]
  
  
• Speech by Timothy J. Muris, Chairman of the Federal Trade Commission, on November 7, 2002 Announcing the Hearings

• Public Comments

• Transcripts
  

  October 2003 1st [PDF 188KB] September 2003 24th [PDF 258KB] 25th [PDF 334KB] 26th [PDF 306KB] 30th [PDF 302KB] June 2003 10th [PDF 348KB] 11th [PDF 337KB] 12th [PDF 363KB] 25th [PDF 163KB] 26th [PDF 317KB]

  May 2003 7th [PDF 250KB] 8th [PDF 136KB] 27th [PDF 206KB] 28th [PDF 448KB] 29th [PDF 360KB] 30th [PDF 341KB] April 2003 9th [PDF 195KB] 10th [PDF 300KB] 11th [PDF 355KB] 23rd [PDF 298KB] 24th [PDF 304KB] 25th [PDF 200KB]

  March 2003 26th [PDF 324KB] 27th [PDF 301KB] 28th [PDF 152KB] February 2003 26th [PDF 165KB] 27th [PDF 323KB] 28th [PDF 166KB]

• Speaker Slides and Handouts
  
  
  • September 2003
    • September 24th - October 1st
      
      
  • June 2003
    • June 25th - 26th
    • June 10th - 12th
      
      
  • May 2003
    • May 27th - 30th
      
      
  • April 2003
    • April 23rd - May 8th
    • April 9th - 11th
      
      
  • March 2003
    
    
  • February 2003

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 Press Releases and Federal Register Notice

• FTC and DOJ Issue Report on Competition and Health Care
  Report Reviews the Role of Competition, Provides Recommendations to Improve the Balance Between Competition and Regulation in Health Care (07/23/2004)
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care And Competition Law and Policy
  Agenda for September 24-26, 2003 and September 30 - October 1, 2003 Sessions (09/16/2003)
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Agenda for September 24-26, 2003 and September 30 - October 1, 2003 Sessions (08/04/2003)
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Detailed Schedule for June 25-26, 2003 Sessions
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Schedule for June 25-26, 2003 Sessions
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Schedule for June 10-12, 2003 Sessions
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Schedule for May 27, 2003 and May 29-30, 2003 Sessions
  

• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Revisions to Schedule for May and June 2003 Sessions
  

• FTC/DOJ Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Hearings to Be Held April 23-25 (April 21, 2003)
  

• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care And Competition Law and Policy
  Schedule for April 23 - 25 and May 7 - 8, 2003 Sessions (April 10, 2003)
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Health Care and Competition Law and Policy Hearings Begins Wednesday, April 9
  (April 8, 2003)
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care And Competition Law and Policy
  Schedule for April 9-11, 2003 Sessions (March 28, 2003)
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
  Updated Agenda for April - May, 2003 Sessions (March 26, 2003)
  
  
• Second Session of the FTC/ DOJ Health Care and Competition Law and Policy Hearings Begins
  (March 26, 2003)
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Hearings On Health Care And Competition Law And Policy
  (March 18, 2003)
  
  
• FTC/DOJ Release Agenda For Upcoming Sessions Of Joint Health Care Hearings
  (February 26, 2003)
  

• FTC/DOJ Release Agenda For First Session Of Health Care Hearings
  (February 19, 2003)
  

• FTC/DOJ Hearings To Focus On Health Care And Competition Law And Policy
  (January 28, 2003)
  

• FTC/DOJ Announce Public hearings On health Care And Competition Law And Policy
  (November 7, 2002)
  

• Federal Register Notice Announcing The Hearings

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 Links and Contact Information

• Department of Justice Health Care and Competition Law and Policy Hearings
  

• FTC Workshop on Health Care and Competition law and Policy
  (September 9-10, 2002)
  

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For more information, contact: David Hyman, Special Counsel, 202-326-2622 (dhyman@ftc.gov)