Staff advisory opinion concerning Non-Profit Institutions Act: The staff of the Bureau of Competition has advised Kaiser Foundation Health Plan, Inc. that, in the staff’s opinion, Kaiser’s purchase and use of discounted pharmaceuticals in connection with a proposed program to provide health care services to persons covered under health benefits plans offered by self-insured employers […]
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Commission Staff Files Comments with Puerto Ricos Treasury and Financial Affairs Commission on Health Care Collective Bargaining Bill
Commission approval of staff comments: The FTC’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Competition, and Bureau of Economics have submitted comments to Antonio Silva Delgado of the Treasury and Financial Affairs Commission of the Puerto Rico House of Representatives regarding Senate Bill (S.B.) 2190, which would permit collective bargaining on fees and other matters for […]
FTC Testifies on Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007
Providing Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the Antitrust Task Force of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary, Deputy Bureau of Competition Director David P. Wales, Jr., presented the Commission’s views on H.R. 971, the Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007, which would create an exemption from the antitrust laws to allow […]
FTC Testifies on Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007
Providing Federal Trade Commission testimony today before the Antitrust Task Force of the U.S. House of Representatives’ Committee on the Judiciary, Deputy Bureau of Competition Director David P. Wales, Jr., presented the Commission’s views on H.R. 971, the Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007, which would create an exemption from the antitrust laws to allow […]
FTC Approves Filing of Staff Comments with Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Commission approval of filing of staff comments: The Commission has approved the filing of comments by the staff of the Office of Policy Planning and the Bureaus of Economics, Competition, and Consumer Protection with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) regarding proposed limited service clinic (LSC) regulations. The comments were developed in response to […]
FTC Approves Filing of Staff Comments with Massachusetts Department of Public Health
Commission approval of filing of staff comments: The Commission has approved the filing of comments by the staff of the Office of Policy Planning and the Bureaus of Economics, Competition, and Consumer Protection with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health (DPH) regarding proposed limited service clinic (LSC) regulations. The comments were developed in response to […]