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Sutter Health antitrust case over tying of hospital services moves to US jury as trial wraps

By Michael Acton ( March 9, 2022, 23:08 GMT | Insight) -- Sutter Health’s US antitrust trial at a federal court in San Francisco over the health provider’s alleged illegal tying of its services in contracts with insurers in Northern California has moved to the jury, after closing arguments from both sides were heard today. A lawyer for the plaintiffs portrayed Sutter as a profit-hungry monopolist that used its dominance over local hospital networks to drive up healthcare premiums for millions of Californians – but lawyers for Sutter argued there's no evidence the company had a dominant market share, nor added anything that amounted to illegal tying provisions in its contracts. Sutter Health’s antitrust trial at a US court in San Francisco over the health provider’s alleged illegal tying of its services in contracts with insurers in Northern California has moved to the jury, after closing arguments from both sides were heard today....

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