Antitrust Chronicle® – Healthcare

Dear Readers,

Of all areas of public policy, few raise passions as intensely as healthcare. After all, healthcare touches the entire human experience, in the famous words of Churchill, “from the Cradle to the Grave.” Indeed, regulating healthcare involves making decisions that affect birth, death, disease suffering, and, from an antitrust perspective, the economic welfare of individuals and the State.

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