Public Hearings:
Federal Trade Commission
and Department of Justice Hearings
on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy
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.
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)
Materials
- Transcripts
- October 2003
- September 2003
- June 2003
- May 2003
- April 2003
- March 2003
- February 2003
- Speaker Slides and Handouts
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
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)
Links and
Contact Information
- For more information, contact: David Hyman,
Special Counsel, 202-326-2622 (dhyman@ftc.gov)
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