House Judiciary Panel to Probe Competition in Health Care

Scrutiny of competition in the health-care industry is on the agenda of the House Judiciary Antitrust Subcommittee, two sources familiar with the committee’s actions told Bloomberg Law.

“Competition in health care is definitely on the list of priorities for the committee,” Richard Luchette, communications director for panel’s chairman David Cicilline (D-R.I), said in an email.

Among the potential areas for scrutiny : the increasing consolidation of hospitals, the CVS-Aetna merger, and the Celgene/Bristol-Myers Squibb tie-up. The panel is joining the efforts of four other House committees in taking a closer look at health care, an issue that helped Democrats win ...