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DOJ Sues to Block UnitedHealth/Amedisys Deal; Suit Could Survive in Trump Era

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    Nov 15, 2024

    The Dept. of Justice (DOJ) on Nov. 12 joined attorneys general from four states in suing to block UnitedHealth Group’s proposed purchase of Amedisys Inc. Their complaint, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland, alleges that the $3.3 billion deal would eliminate competition between two of the country’s largest providers of home health and hospice services.

    The move comes just under two months before Donald Trump will be sworn in for his second term as president — an administration largely believed to be much more receptive to industry consolidation than the Biden administration has been. But one former federal antitrust official says there are reasons to believe the DOJ’s lawsuit against the UnitedHealth/Amedisys transaction might survive even when control of the federal law enforcement agency changes hands.

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    Leslie has been working in journalism since 2009 and reporting on the health care industry since 2014. She has covered the many ups and downs of the Affordable Care Act exchanges, the failed health insurer mega-mergers, and hundreds of other storylines spanning subjects such as Medicaid managed care, Medicare Advantage, employer-sponsored insurance, and prescription drug coverage. As the managing editor of Health Plan Weekly and Radar on Drug Benefits, she writes and edits for both publications while overseeing a small team of reporters who also focus on the managed care sector. Before joining AIS Health, she was a senior editor for the e-newsletter Fierce Health Payer, and she started her career as a copy editor at multiple local newspapers. She graduated with a dual degree in journalism and political science from Penn State University.

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