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US: Most-favored-nation clauses discussed in Senate’s oversight hearing

By  |  April 30, 2013

An oversight hearing held by the Senate’s Judiciary Subcommittee on Antitrust, Competition Polity and Consumer Rights had DOJ antitrust head William Baer focusing on so-called most-favored-nation clauses, adding that the Federal Trade Commission will also be focusing on the issue. The clauses are said to hamper competition particularly in the healthcare sector, as health providers discriminate against health insurers and prices rise for those in need of healthcare. Baer recognized that federal enforcement and public discussion can be credited with growing interest of the MFN clause.

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