Health insurance purchasing alliances: monopsony threat or procompetitive Rx for health sector ills?
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چکیده
Introduction ................... ...... 1546 I. Health Insurance Purchasing ............................ 1552 A. General Background ................................. 1552 B. Purchasing Alliance Activity: The California Experience .......................................... 1554 C. Purchasing Alliance Activity: Other States ........... 1556 II. Antitrust Analysis of Collaborative Purchaser Activity ..... 1557 A. Joint Information Gathering and Analysis ............ 1558 B. Joint Lobbying Efforts ............................... 1559 C. Joint Purchasing ..................................... 1561 III. Antitrust Analysis of Monopsonistic Purchaser Activity ... 1563 IV. Special Antitrust Considerations Related to Government Involvement with Purchasing ............................ 1567 A. Implied Immunity ................................... 1568 B. State Action Exemption .............................. 1569 Conclusion .................................................... 1571
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Cornell law review
دوره 79 6 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1994