Christine Varney, the Obama administration’s chief antitrust enforcer, told lawmakers Wednesday that repealing the insurance industry’s antitrust exemption would spur competition and further the drive to control the cost of health insurance. Varney, head of the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust ...

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The Obama administration on Monday revoked a Bush administration antitrust policy, calling it an impediment to the government’s ability to fight anti-competitive conduct by dominant companies. The approach under former President George W. Bush “raised too many hurdles” to limiting ...

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Christine Varney, nominated to become the U.S. Justice Department’s antitrust chief, promised to be more aggressive in challenging anti-competitive mergers than former President George W. Bush’s administration.  “We must rebalance legal and economic theories in antitrust analysis and enforcement,” Varney ...

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