Justice Department Assistant Attorney General Gail Slater recently helped secure two victories to ensure competition in health care and housing.
Slater announced that the Justice Department, along with state co-plaintiffs, reached a proposed settlement requiring UnitedHealth and Amedisys to divest from 164 home health and hospice locations.
She described this divestiture as the “largest ever settlement of its kind”:
Over the past few days, the DOJ Antitrust Division has achieved two important wins for American consumers in health care and in housing. First, we filed a post-settlement with UnitedHealth to sell at least 164 home health and hospice facilities across 19 states, making it the largest ever settlement of its kind.
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By reaching this deal, the DOJ will prevent UnitedHealthcare from amassing an undue market
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