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  1. EDT

    “Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition”

    CON repeal, ACA/Medicaid fraud mechanics and closing exchanges

    Later exchanges examine the economic case against CON laws and physician-ownership limits, weaknesses in ACA and Medicaid eligibility verification, Florida-style broker enrollment schemes, and Medicaid managed care incentives to retain phantom enrollees, leading to proposals for reconciliation-eligible reforms, technology-enabled oversight, and RAC-style audits before adjournment.

    In this chapter

    1. Chair and Miller; Fry/Hageman: CON history, ACA fraud controls, and rural transformation
    2. Fry Q&A: Florida broker schemes and weak ACA verification
    3. Onder wrap-up: Medicaid managed care phantom enrollees, NC hospital tax and physician-owned hospitals

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  2. EDT

    “Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition”

    Market power, PBMs, hospital systems and GME funding

    Reps. Moore and Edwards probe PBM consolidation, rebate opacity, vertical integration and Mission/HCA’s dominance in western North Carolina, while Miller and Martin discuss CMS enforcement options, barriers to competitive entry, and flaws in federal GME financing that impede rural residency and workforce development.

    In this chapter

    1. Moore Q&A: PBM concentration, rebates and transparency reforms
    2. Edwards statement and Miller Q&A: Mission/HCA, CMS enforcement and entry barriers
    3. Chair and Martin: GME financing flaws and rural residency innovation

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  3. EDT

    “Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition”

    Early Q&A: workforce shortages, ACA subsidies and Medicaid incentives

    Harriet Hageman and 2 others

    Members Harris, Hageman, Fry and Onder question witnesses on rural nursing shortages and clinical capacity, discriminatory ACA subsidy design, the scale and drivers of Medicaid fraud, provider tax schemes and federal match distortions, and how Obamacare exchanges and Medicaid expansion have displaced small-employer coverage.

    In this chapter

    1. Swearing-in and Harris Q&A: nursing shortages and ACA subsidy designHarriet Hageman
    2. Hageman statement: Medicaid fraud scale and incentivesHarriet Hageman
    3. Fry Q&A: traditional vs expansion Medicaid, provider taxes and ACA subsidy fraudRussell Fry
    4. Onder Q&A: Obamacare displacing employer coverageRobert Onder

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  4. EDT

    “Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition”

    Witness opening statements on ACA, consolidation and rural workforce

    Expert witnesses Blase, Miller and Martin deliver prepared testimony on ACA and Medicaid improper enrollment, hospital pricing and consolidation, effects of Stark and CON laws, and UNC’s flexible state-funded strategy to expand the rural health workforce and innovative clinic models.

    In this chapter

    1. Witness Blase: ACA and Medicaid improper enrollment and hospital pricing
    2. Witness Miller: hospital consolidation, Stark Law, CON and competition remedies
    3. Witness Martin: UNC rural workforce fund and flexible state support

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  5. EDT

    “Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition”

    Opening, member introductions and hearing mandate

    Harriet Hageman and 1 other

    The chair opens the field hearing, members introduce their districts and rural healthcare challenges, and the chair defines the mandate focused on Obamacare design, certificate of need laws, consolidation, and rural access and affordability in North Carolina and nationwide.

    In this chapter

    1. Member introductions and rural healthcare contextHarriet Hageman
    2. Chair: hearing mandate, Obamacare, CON and rural access

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  6. EDT

    “The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry”

    Second Q&A round and closing: hubs, rural access, fuel risk, and slots

    The later questioning focuses on fortress hubs such as O’Hare, rural connectivity and Essential Air Service, fuel-price volatility and the role of war and SAF policy in airline planning, and concerns about a “political favor factory” in antitrust. The chair concludes by examining whether FAA slot rules entrench incumbents, referencing prospective “Gateway Access” legislation, enters additional materials into the record, and formally adjourns the hearing.

    In this chapter

    1. Illinois member: fortress hubs, surveillance pricing, and reforms
    2. Wyoming member: rural access, EAS, and competition metrics
    3. Georgia member: Iran war costs and political favor factory

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  7. EDT

    “The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry”

    First Q&A round: entry barriers, consolidation, and JetBlue–Spirit

    Jerrold Nadler Democratic

    Members question witnesses on how slot and gate controls, regulatory mandates, and international competition shape market entry and consumer prices, and they probe the Trump DOJ’s antitrust record and its treatment of mergers like JetBlue–Spirit. Exchanges cover deregulation’s consumer benefits versus burdensome rules, ULCCs’ disciplining effect on fares, fortress hubs, and whether additional consolidation among major carriers would harm workers and passengers or create a stronger fifth competitor to the big four.

    In this chapter

    1. Issa Q&A: barriers to entry, regulation costs, and global rivals
    2. Raskin Q&A: grading Trump antitrust and consolidation impactsJerrold Nadler
    3. North Carolina member: deregulation benefits and regulatory burdens

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  8. EDT

    “The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry”

    Witness panel: industry structure, regulatory barriers, and antitrust

    The committee introduces and swears in airline, legal, think‑tank, and academic witnesses, who present prepared testimony on the legacy of airline deregulation, current barriers to entry, airport and ATC capacity constraints, and the role of U.S. and foreign competition. They debate the causes and implications of Spirit’s collapse, the JetBlue–Spirit decision, slot and gate allocation, consumer‑protection mandates, and the risks of political interference in antitrust enforcement across network industries.

    In this chapter

    1. Witness introductions, swearing‑in, and instructions
    2. Airlines for America (Sununu): industry performance and ATC reform
    3. Ravich: deregulation’s legacy, access constraints, and new entrants

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  9. EDT

    “The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry”

    Opening statements: deregulation, consolidation, and Trump-era antitrust

    The chair, ranking member, and Raskin set out competing narratives on airline deregulation, market concentration, consumer harms, and the impact of Trump-era policies, including the Iran war’s fuel-price shock and alleged politicization of antitrust and merger review. They frame the JetBlue–Spirit block, mega‑merger prospects, slot and gate controls, and broader questions about whether government barriers or insufficient enforcement are driving reduced competition and higher fares.

    In this chapter

    1. Chair: hearing opens and deregulatory history
    2. Ranking member Balint: consolidation, war, and consumer harms
    3. Raskin: Spirit collapse, Iran war, and corrupted antitrust

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  10. EDT

    “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”

    Final Q&A: rights inflation, NFL pricing power, and congressional leverage

    Henry Johnson Democratic

    In closing rounds, members examine how escalating rights fees and global streaming bidders fuel higher prices, scrutinize NFL control over Sunday Ticket and refusal of single‑team packages, and highlight Congress’s leverage via the SBA exemption as witnesses urge reasserting its narrow broadcast‑only scope before adjournment.

    In this chapter

    1. Later Q&A: rights inflation, EverPass structure, and NFL pricing power
    2. Closing rounds: antitrust leverage, broadcast’s role, and next stepsHenry Johnson

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  11. EDT

    “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”

    Q&A on rural access, EverPass monopoly, and league revenue sharing

    Subsequent members focus on sunset clauses and periodic SBA review, the burden of broadband‑dependent Sunday Ticket in rural areas, EverPass as an NFL‑controlled distributor, and whether altering or repealing the SBA would threaten small‑market clubs or instead push leagues toward more consumer‑friendly broadcast deals.

    In this chapter

    1. Wyoming member: sunset clause, rural access, and out‑of‑market fans
    2. Vermont member: antitrust, EverPass joint venture, and small margins
    3. Texas member: local vs ‘favorite’ team access and revenue sharing
    4. Mid‑hearing Q&A: what Congress should do and regional RSN shifts

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  12. EDT

    “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”

    Initial Q&A: SBA scope, EverPass, and FCC weaponization claims

    Mark Harris Republican

    Members question witnesses on whether the NFL still needs SBA antitrust protection, how Netflix‑only and EverPass streaming arrangements impact small bars and fans, and probe allegations that prior FCC leadership weaponized media regulation while mega‑mergers and paywalls erode consumer welfare and diversity of viewpoints.

    In this chapter

    1. Chair Q&A: NFL need for exemption and EverPass rollout
    2. Nadler Q&A: Trump FCC ‘weaponization’ and consolidation harms
    3. Harris Q&A: bar upgrade costs, Sunday Ticket design, SBA reformMark Harris
    4. Raskin Q&A: political motives, consolidation, and fan experience

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  13. EDT

    “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”

    Witness panel: bars, broadcasters, fans, and FCC

    Witnesses from a sports bar, broadcasters, a fan‑advocacy commentator, and an FCC commissioner are introduced and sworn in, then describe how the SBA’s narrow broadcast exemption is being stretched by streaming‑only deals, raising costs, undermining local journalism, and concentrating media control.

    In this chapter

    1. Witness panel introduced and sworn in
    2. Hallers: Sunday Ticket shift and bar burdens
    3. LeGeyt: broadcasters, SBA scope, and paywalls

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  14. EDT

    “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”

    Party openings: SBA review and media consolidation

    Majority and minority leaders frame the SBA review within broader debates over media consolidation, Trump-era antitrust and FCC enforcement, and rising fan subscription costs, contrasting original free‑to‑air expectations with today’s fragmented, high‑priced sports media ecosystem.

    In this chapter

    1. Nadler opening: SBA review and media consolidation
    2. Jordan opening: fragmentation and consumer welfare question
    3. Raskin opening: fan costs and Trump‑era media mergers

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  15. EDT

    “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”

    Hearing opens: SBA history and antitrust concerns

    The chair convenes the hearing, reviews the Sports Broadcasting Act’s 1961 origins and antitrust exemption, and questions whether in today’s streaming landscape the SBA still benefits consumers given local blackouts, Sunday Ticket practices, and recent antitrust litigation against the NFL.

    In this chapter

    1. Chair: hearing opens and SBA history
    2. Chair: modern streaming, fan costs, and NFL power
    3. Chair: antitrust concerns and Sunday Ticket verdict

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Schedule

  1. Replay
    “Examining Healthcare Markets: Fraud and Competition”

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  2. Replay
    “The 30,000 Foot View: Competition and Regulation in the U.S. Airline Industry”

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  3. Replay
    “Examining the Sports Broadcasting Act”

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  4. Replay
    “Pier Pressure: Regulation and Competition in Maritime Shipping”

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  5. Replay
    “Full Stream Ahead: Competition and Consumer Choice in Digital Streaming”

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  6. Replay
    “Antitrust Law and the NCAA: Examining the Current Climate”

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