South Korean government hits doctors with antitrust complaint over allegations of collusion
By Jenny Lee ( June 17, 2024, 07:39 GMT | Insight) -- The top doctors’ association of South Korea engaged in collective practices that fall under the prohibited acts of business groups when it induced private-practice physicians into a collusion arrangement, according to an antitrust complaint filed by the government. The complaint submitted to the Korea Fair Trade Commission by the Ministry of Health and Welfare comes against the backdrop of a political clash between the government and the Korean Medical Association, which represents over 100,000 doctors.South Korea’s top doctors’ association engaged in collective practices that fall under the prohibited acts of business groups when it induced private-practice physicians into illegal collusion, according to an antitrust complaint filed by the government....
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