No call on “close call”: The Tipline for 30 November 2018

30 November 2018

The Federal Trade Commission is allowing a group of Boston-area healthcare systems to merge, although the agency does not appear too excited about it. The American Medical Association has also issued its report on the state of concentration in US health insurance markets.

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