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Study finds that 1,164 health system mergers between 2000 and 2020 led to a 5.2% increase in hospital prices, with the FTC challenging only 1% of these mergers
This is why we have antitrust laws because when two companies control something, much can go wrong. the least of which is higher prices for consumers. and when you have four companies controlling more than 40% of the market, you really don t have a competitive market anymore. we had trusts and monopolies in the late 19th century, early 20th century and what most people don t realize is the antitrust enforcement in the 20th century really gave us competitive markets in one sector after another. before ronald reagan took office in the beef industry, you mentioned four companies control 85% of the beef in the united states. before ronald reagan took over it was about four companies controlling 23, 25% of the market. so since 1980 we have seen one sector of the economy after another, being taken over by oligopolies, by monopolies and when you have that, you get inequality. these companies hold onto the profits and the amount of money being paid out to workers, the made money paid to ranchers
Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio) singled out Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chair Lina Khan as one of the sole Biden administration members “doing a pretty good job,” citing her work on antitrust enforcement, especially as it relates to tech giants. “A lot of my Republican colleagues look at Lina Khan … and they say, ‘well…
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Associate Attorney General Vanita Gupta is leaving the Justice Department after three years overseeing some of the administration’s most contentious legal issues ranging from protecting abortion rights to criminal and police reform efforts, according to the department.