| For Release: April
10 2003 FTC/DOJ Hearings on Health
Care And Competition Law and Policy
Schedule for April 23 - 25 and
May 7 - 8, 2003 Sessions
The Federal Trade Commission and Department of Justice
today released a detailed schedule listing specific witnesses for the sessions of their
joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held April 23 - 25 and
May 7 - 8, 2003. These hearings will be held at the FTC Conference Center at 601 New
Jersey Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. Morning sessions are held from 9:15 a.m. until
approximately 12:15 p.m. Afternoon sessions are held from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m.
These specific hearings focus on health insurance-related
issues. The schedule is as follows:
| Date |
Morning
Session Topic |
Afternoon
Session Topic |
Wednesday,
April 23 |
Health Insurance Monopoly Issues -
Market Definition |
Health Insurance Monopoly Issues -
Competitive Effects |
| Thursday, April 24 |
Health Insurance Monopoly Issues -
Entry and Efficiencies |
Hospital Insurance Monopsony - Market
Definition |
Friday,
April 25 |
Hospital Insurance Monopsony -
Competitive Effects |
Hospital Insurance Monopsony -
Competitive Effects |
Wednesday,
May 7 |
Health Insurance/Providers -
Countervailing Market Power |
Most Favored Nation Clauses |
Thursday,
May 8 |
Physician Hospital Organizations |
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As noted in the Federal Register notice
announcing this event, any interested person may submit written comments responsive to any
of the topics to be addressed. Comments directed at a particular subject considered during
a particular session of hearings must be submitted no later than 45 days after the date of
that specific hearing session. Comments on broader subjects within the general scope of
the hearings may be submitted at any time after the publication of this notice, but no
later than November 28, 2003.
Written comments should be submitted in both hard copy and
electronic form. Six hard copies of each submission should be addressed to Donald S.
Clark, Office of the Secretary, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,
Washington, D.C. 20580. Submissions should be captioned: "Comments Regarding Hearings
on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy." Electronic submissions may be sent by
electronic mail to healthcare@ftc.gov.
Alternatively, electronic submissions may be filed on a 3-1/2 inch computer disk with a
label stating the name of the submitter and the name and version of the word processing
program used to create the document. |
