PUBLIC COMMENT OF THE VOLUNTARY TRADE COUNCIL

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...UNITED STATES OF AMERICABEFORE FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSIONCOMMISSIONERS: Deborah Platt Majoras, ChairmanOr:=;on SwindleThomas B. LearyPamela Jones HarbourJon LeibowitzIn the Matter ofFile No. 041-0099PREFERRED HEALTH SERVICES, INC., a corporation. PUBLIC COMMENTOF THE VOLUNTARY TRADE COUNCILM. OlivaPresident & CEOThe Voluntary Trade CouncilPost Office Box 100073Arlington, Virgina 22210Tel/Fax: [phone]smoliva(gvoluntarytrade.orgDated: March 31, 2005..- -", " ..Statement of InterestThe Voluntary Trade Council (VTC), acting under 16 c.F.R. 9 2.34(c), fies thispublic comment in response to the Commission s anouncement of a proposed order inthe above-captioned matter.The VTC is a nonprofit research and education organization that develops practicalsolutions to the problems caused by violent state intervention in free markets. We focus. on the harm caused to individuals and businesses by the enforcement of antitrust andother " competition" laws. Though publications, filings with government agencies, andthe Internet, we apply the principles of free market economics and rational ethics tocontemporary antitrust policies and cases.The VTC has a longstanding interest in the Federal Trade Coimissionformulation and enforcement of antitrust policy in the health care industry. The VTCand its offcers have filed comments in approximately two dozen cases brought by theFTC against physician and hospital groups since 2001.IntroductionPreferred ...

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