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Title: Competition Commission says private patients pay too much
Post by: riky on August 29, 2013, 09:00:26 AM
Competition Commission says private patients pay too much

By Paul Sandle LONDON (Reuters) - Private healthcare patients are paying too much because of a lack of competition, the country's market regulator said in a ruling that could lead it to force some operators to sell hospitals. The Competition Commission (CC) said on Wednesday it had identified 101 private hospitals that faced little local competition, some of them in clusters owned by one of the major hospital groups BMI Healthcare, Spire and HCA International. ...

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