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Judge in US district court in Connecticut extends deadline until March 4th

Judge in US district court in Connecticut extends deadline until March 4th

A group of Connecticut residents alleges the network uses its market dominance to charge higher prices to the state’s commercially insured residents.

A group of Connecticut residents filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against Hartford HealthCare Monday, alleging the network uses its market dominance to charge higher prices to the state’s commercially insured residents.  The 60-page complaint filed in Hartford Superior Court claims HHC used anticompetitive practices to create a monopoly on inpatient hospital services and leveraged its market power to charge insurers higher rates for those services and others, the costs of which were passed onto the state’s employers and consumers. 

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