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FTC expert appropriately defined geographic market in Advocate-NorthShore case, judge says

( March 16, 2017, 19:00 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: The US Federal Trade Commission's expert witness correctly defined the geographic market in the agency's challenge to Advocate Health Care and NorthShore University Health System's proposed merger as the "North Shore Area," which encompasses 11 hospitals in northern Cook or southern Lake Counties, US District Judge Jorge Alonso said. Alonso said "the record as a whole supports the view that insurers genuinely believe that a plan that excludes Advocate and NorthShore is not viable in the North Shore Area," and the defendants didn't offer "any evidence to demonstrate that a healthcare plan that excluded both Advocate and NorthShore would be successful among patients living in the North Shore Area."See document below....

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