Legal Opinion
United States of America v. Aetna Inc.
District Court, District of Columbia
Decided January 23, 2017No. Civil Action No. 2016-1494PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
JOHN D. BATES, United States District Judge
INTRODUCTION .. .8
BACKGROUND.. .9
I. The Parties and Proposed Merger... 9
II. Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage.. .11
III. The Public Exchanges... 16
IV. Procedural History... 17
LEGAL STANDARD.. .18
ANALYSIS ...19
I.Medicare Advantage... 19
A. Market Definition.. .19
1. Competition Between Original Medicare and Medicare Advantage ... 21
2. Brown Shoe Factors & Ordinary Course of Business Documents .. .23
3. Defendants’ Counter Arguments.. .29
4. Econometric Evidence... 33
5. Summary.. .41
B. Competitive Effects... 42
C. Government…
2Cases cited34 opinions
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- United States v. Philadelphia National BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Times-Picayune Publishing Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
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