Shapiro D I
Am J Law Med. 1982 Winter;7(4):425-35.
The Supreme Court of the United States and other courts currently are considering the question of the extent to which the health care field should be subject to antitrust rules. This Article explores the special characteristics of the health care field, and the problems they create for antitrust analysis. Two current cases--Arizona v. Maricopa County Medical Society (awaiting decision by the Supreme Court) and Kartell v. Blue Shield of Massachusetts, Inc. (pending in the District of Massachusetts)--illustrate the issues raised by efforts to contain health care costs through the setting of maximum fees. This Article suggests that traditional antitrust principles should and will prevail over arguments that such restraints are in the public interest.
美国最高法院和其他法院目前正在考虑医疗保健领域应在多大程度上受制于反垄断规则这一问题。本文探讨了医疗保健领域的特殊特征，以及这些特征给反垄断分析带来的问题。当前的两个案例——亚利桑那州诉马里科帕县医学协会案（等待最高法院裁决）和卡特尔诉马萨诸塞州蓝盾公司案（在马萨诸塞州地区法院待决）——说明了通过设定最高费用来控制医疗保健成本的努力所引发的问题。本文认为，传统的反垄断原则应该且将会压倒那种认为此类限制符合公共利益的观点。
