For Release:
June 19, 2003
FTC/DOJ Hearings
on Health Care And Competition Law and Policy
Schedule for June 25-26, 2003
Sessions
The Federal Trade Commission and Department
of Justice (DOJ) today released a detailed schedule for a
session of their joint hearings on health care and competition
law and policy to be held June 25-26, 2003. These hearings,
originally scheduled to be held at the FTC Conference Center,
will now be held at FTC Headquarters at 600 Pennsylvania
Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC. Morning sessions begin
at 9:15 a.m. and end at approximately 12:30 p.m. Afternoon
sessions begin at 2:00 p.m. and end at approximately 5:00
p.m.
The specific sessions at this set of hearings
are as follows:
Date |
Morning Session Topic |
Afternoon Session Topic |
June 25 |
None |
Mandated Benefits |
June 26 |
Pharmaceuticals: Formulary |
Issues Prospective Guidance |
As previously announced, there will be no
hearings during July-August, 2003. The FTC and DOJ anticipate
holding additional hearings on September 10-12, 2003; September
24-26, 2003; and September 30, 2003.
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, DC 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.
Information about the health care hearings is available on
the Web sites for the hearings, http://www.ftc.gov/ogc/healthcarehearings/
or http://www.usdoj.gov/atr/hchearing.htm
and from the FTC's Consumer Response Center, Room 130, 600
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20580.
FTC MEDIA CONTACT:
Cathy MacFarlane
Office of Public Affairs
202-326-3657
FTC STAFF CONTACT:
David Hyman, Special Counsel
Office of the General Counsel
202-326-2622
DOJ MEDIA CONTACT:
Gina Talamona
Office of Public Affairs
202-514-2007
DOJ STAFF
CONTACT:
William Berlin
Litigation I Section
202-616-5938
(http://www.ftc.gov/opa/2003/06/healthcare2526.htm)
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Related Documents:
Health
Care Hearings Agenda: June 25-26
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