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Re:How Bad Antitrust Enforcers Kill People by downerending on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:47PM (#22753325)
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.
Re:How Bad Antitrust Enforcers Kill People by eej71 on Wednesday April 01, 2020 @04:51PM (#22753363)
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 (#22753450)
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 (#22753538)
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.