Reviving Competition in Healthcare Markets: The Use of Section 5 of the FTC Act

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David Balto, Nov 12, 2008

The Federal Trade Commission’s (“FTC”) powers under Section 5 of the FTC Act are often misperceived, often by the enforcers themselves. Too often in the past, the FTC has perceived itself as the younger sister of the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice (“DOJ”), measuring its success and activities based on the enforcement agenda and approach of the Antitrust D