Antitrust

AHA Letter to DOJ Antitrust Division encouraging investigation of the proposed merger of the Tufts Health Plan and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care, Feb. 28, 2011

AHA Letter to Martha Coakley, Mass. Attorney General, offering comments on the Preliminary and Final Report on its Investigation of Health Care Cost Trends and Cost Drivers, April 29, 2010

AHA Letter to Rep. John Conyers, House Judiciary Committee Chairman, in support of the "Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009" H.R. 3596, Oct. 14, 2009

AHA Letter to Sen. Leahy, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman, in support of the "Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009" S. 1681, Oct. 13, 2009

AHA Letter to Sen. Rockefeller regarding health insurance companies, July 23, 2009

AHA Letter and Paper to DOJ Assistant Attorney General raising concerns about the lack of robust and coherent enforcement policy on health insurance plan mergers and anticompetitive conduct, May 11, 2009

AHA Paper Submitted to the Department of Justice on Health Plan Consolidation, May 11, 2009

AHA Statement at FTC Workshop on Clinical Integration, May 29, 2008

AHA Letter to DOJ Ref: Proposed Consolidation of Highmark and Independence Blue Cross,  May 6, 2008

AHA Amicus Brief -- See Sup. Ct.  Decision, June 9, 2008
Allison Engine Company, Inc., et al., v. United States ex Rel., US Sup. Ct. (No. 07-214) [False Claims Act] Dec. 20, 2007

AHA Letter to DOJ Ref: Follow up on Proposed Merger of UnitedHealth Group and Sierra Health Services, Inc., November 27, 2007 

AHA Letter to Pennsylvania Attorney General Regarding Proposed Merger of Highmark and Independence Blue Cross, Aguust 15, 2007

AHA Clinical Integration Working Paper, April 17, 2007

AHA Letter to DOJ Ref: Proposed Merger of UnitedHealth Group and Sierra Health Services, Inc. April 10, 2007

AHA's reply to complaint counsel's response to motions for leave to file Amicus Brief: Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation v. the Federal Trade Commission, (No. 9315) January 6, 2006

AHA Amicus Brief
Evanston Northwestern Healthcare Corporation v. the Federal Trade Commission, (No. 9315) December 16, 2005

AHA Statement
FTC/DOJ Health Care Hearings "Perspectives on Competition Policy and the Health Care Marketplace," Feb. 27, 2003

Executive Summary and Report: Economic Analysis of Healthcare Cost Studies Commissioned by Blue Cross Blue Shield Association, Feb. 25, 2003 (Members Only )

AHA Amicus Brief
Halifax Hospital v. Bolt: Supreme Court of the United States (No. 89-1419) [Re:  Antitrust: Medical staff credentialing] April 11, 1990