Uh oh, downvotes from people who don't want to talk about actually solving this problem because it requires outing a particular group of people who want it to r

Uh oh, downvotes from people who don't want to talk about actually solving this problem because it requires outing a particular group of people who want it to remain unsolved! FTC's attention on non-competes in healthcare: * https://www.sheppardhealthlaw.com/2024/04/articles/antitrust/what-the-ftcs-noncompete-ban-means-for-healthcare/ https://www.sheppardhealthlaw.com/2024/04/articles/antitrust... * https://gi.org/2024/05/03/ftc-finalizes-ban-on-non-competes/ https://gi.org/2024/05/03/ftc-finalizes-ban-on-non-competes/ For vertically integrated payer-providers pushing non-owned physicians out of their insurance networks, you need only read the quarterly filings or listen to investor calls for any of these entities. They brag about it as an efficiency gain. Regarding rightwingers neutering interventions: * The FTC vote on non-competes was precisely on party lines * Obviously the Trump admin would not allow FTC (or anyone else) to go after vertical integration + expansive, market-degrading non-competes in healthcare * There is no GOP proposal anywhere to solve this, nor is it mentioned in the GOP platform whatsoever * Project 2025 explicitly says the FTC should have no authority to analyze vertical integration as an enforceable anti-competitive behavior