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FTC to Study the Impact of Physician Group and Healthcare Facility Mergers
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued orders to six health insurance companies to provide information that will allow the agency to study the effects of physician group and healthcare facility...
FTC Issues Commentary on Vertical Merger Enforcement
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The Federal Trade Commission has issued a Commentary on Vertical Merger Enforcement . In June 2020, the FTC and the Department of Justice issued Vertical Merger Guidelines describing the principal...
FTC’s Bureau of Economics to Expand Merger Retrospective Program
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The Federal Trade Commission’s Bureau of Economics has announced a revamped Merger Retrospective Program , which will expand and formalize the Bureau’s retrospective research efforts that have already...
FTC Staff Comment to Texas Health and Human Services Commission Regarding Certificate of Public Advantage Applications
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201 0090
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FTC Staff Comment to Attorney General of Texas Concerning Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNA) Regulations
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V200010
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FTC Comment to Texas Attorney General Raises Concerns about Likely Competitive Effect of Proposed Regulations Imposing Additional Supervisory Requirements on Texas Certified Nurse Anesthetists
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The Federal Trade Commission staff has submitted a comment to the Texas Attorney General regarding a request from the Texas Medical Board for an opinion on the statutory basis for the supervision of...
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The Effect of Tuition-Free Community College
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A popular proposal to address the rising cost of higher education in the United States has been to provide tuition-free access to community colleges. This paper examines the effect of such a policy on...
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The Effect of Tuition-Free Community College
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Leveling Up to Literacy: Measuring the Impact of FTC’s Online Advertising Literacy Game “Admongo”
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This paper assesses the impact of an educational program designed by the Federal Trade Commission to teach advertising literacy to children ages 8-12. In a randomized experiment, children who played...
FTC Announces Staff Reports on Car Buying and Financing Experience, Results of Auto Buyers Study
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Two new staff reports from the Federal Trade Commission highlight some of the challenges and confusion consumers can face in buying and financing a car, particularly relating to charges for add-on...
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Price Effects from the Merger of Agricultural Fertilizer Manufacturers Agrium and PotashCorp
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In 2018, Agrium and PotashCorp merged to become the world’s largest manufacturer of potash, from which potassium is extracted for use as one of the three main nutrients in agricultural fertilizer. The...
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Vertical Disintegration: The Effect of Refiner Exit from Gasoline Retailing on Retail Gasoline Pricing
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The net effect of vertical integration on consumer welfare depends on the magnitude of the price reductions resulting from the elimination of double marginalization at the integrated firm and the...
FTC and DOJ Issue Antitrust Guidelines for Evaluating Vertical Mergers
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The Federal Trade Commission (“FTC”) and the Department of Justice (“DOJ” or “Department”) issued today new Vertical Merger Guidelines that outline how the federal antitrust agencies evaluate the...
FTC Comment Supports Provisions in Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services’ Interim Final Rule that Reduce or Eliminate Restrictive Medicare Payment Requirements for Telehealth and Related Services during Pandemic
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The staffs of the Federal Trade Commission’s Office of Policy Planning, Bureau of Economics, Bureau of Competition, and Office of the General Counsel have submitted a comment to the Centers for...
FTC to Co-Host Second Conference on Marketing and Consumer Protection on October 2
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NOTE: Due to the ongoing COVID-19/Coronavirus pandemic, the conference has been postponed. More information on rescheduling will be shared by the FTC once it is available. The Federal Trade Commission...
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