Two top progressive Democrats asked antitrust regulators to examine UnitedHealth Group’s planned $3.3 billion purchase of home-health provider Amedisys Inc. and challenge deals that bring medical providers under the same ownership as health insurers. The Department of Justice opened an in-depth probe into the deal in August, and the letter from Senator Elizabeth Warren and Representative Pramila Jayapal renews attention on the investigation. The lawmakers stopped short of telling regulators to block the deal, but Warren and Jayapal, who are leading voices on the left wing of the Democratic party, continue to pressure a Biden administration that has struggled to sway courts to block deals, Bloomberg reports. Read more.
Sen. Warren Calls for Close Scrutiny of UnitedHealth-Amedisys Deal
