Re:How Bad Antitrust Enforcers Kill People
by downerending on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:47PM
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I thought this was going to be overzealous Feds put useful business out of business, reducing supply, but it's actually underzealous Feds fail to block merger, which ended up reducing supply.
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Re:How Bad Antitrust Enforcers Kill People
by eej71 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:51PM
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I have to imagine there is a substantial amount of regulatory capture that makes it incredibly difficult for an upstart to sell into this space.
Re:How Bad Antitrust Enforcers Kill People
by cosmodisk on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:01PM
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It's medical equipment + all sorts of special deals with hospitals/ doctors= almost impossible.
Re:How Bad Antitrust Enforcers Kill People
by jdashg on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @05:08PM
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Also hamstrung Feds must negotiate contracts with both hands tied behind their backs, hence the inability of the government to send the already-approved designs and schematics along to another company for manufacture.