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Cartoon – Competition

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'I wouldn't put much faith into Senator Bludgeon's promise to immediately begin investigating the competition. After all, it takes 30 days just to make instant coffee in the Senate.'

‘I wouldn’t put much faith into Senator Bludgeon’s promise to immediately begin investigating the competition. After all, it takes 30 days just to make instant coffee in the Senate.’

FTC seeks to block West Virginia hospital merger

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http://www.fiercehealthfinance.com/story/ftc-seeks-block-west-virginia-hospital-merger/2015-11-12?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Competition Among Medicare’s Private Health Plans: Does It Really Exist?

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http://www.commonwealthfund.org/publications/issue-briefs/2015/aug/competition-medicare-private-plans-does-it-exist

M&A Roundup: Ascension to Acquire Wheaton Franciscan Health, Walgreens Buying Rite Aid

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http://healthleadersmedia.com/page-1/HEP-322245/MA-Roundup-Ascension-to-Acquire-Wheaton-Franciscan-Health-Walgreens-Buying-Rite-Aid

"As you know we've made a lot of acquisitions lately, and the last one we made seems to have resulted in us buying ourselves."

The Wheaton acquisition strengthens Ascension’s market share in Wisconsin. Meanwhile, federal antitrust scrutiny of the Walgreens-Rite Aid combination is likely to come down to a city-by-city review.

Sutter Health loses appeal to arbitrate antitrust claims

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http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/news/2015/11/02/sutter-health-loses-appeal-to-arbitrate-antitrust.html?ana=e_vert_st_20151102

Sutter Medical Center in Sacramento. The hospital's parent company, Sutter Health, recently lost a key court ruling.

Regulators have tough job in review of Aetna-Humana merger

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http://insiderlouisville.com/business/aetna-humana-hurdle-face-tough-federal-review/

Humana

CEO Mark Bertolini hopes to close transaction in second half of 2016

Aetna and Humana shareholders approve $37 billion merger

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http://www.healthcarefinancenews.com/news/aetna-and-humana-shareholders-approve-37-billion-merger?mkt_tok=3RkMMJWWfF9wsRovuKnPZKXonjHpfsX57u4rUa6zlMI%2F0ER3fOvrPUfGjI4ATMNkMa%2BTFAwTG5toziV8R7nHLs161sIQWRjg

Aetna building, Wikipedia

Deal approved in separate shareholder meetings Monday.

How Government Policy Promotes High Drug Prices

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http://healthaffairs.org/blog/2015/10/29/how-government-policy-promotes-high-drug-prices/

Pills in Spoon

The coming storm – five market trends driving healthcare costs higher

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http://stateofreform.com/commentary/opinion/2015/08/the-coming-storm-five-market-trends-driving-healthcare-costs-higher/