FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 2003 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 Washington, D.C.-- The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission today released a detailed agenda for the final sessions of their joint hearings on health care and competition law and policy to be held September 24-26, 2003 and September 30 - Oct. 1, 2003. These hearings will be held at the FTC Conference Center at 601 New Jersey Ave, N.W., Washington, D.C. The morning sessions will be held from 9:15 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. All afternoon sessions will be held from 2:00 p.m. until 5:00 p.m., except for the Friday, September 26 session, which will begin at 1:30 p.m. and end at 4:30 p.m.
As noted in the Federal Register notice announcing this event, any interested person may submit written comments responsive to any of the topics to be addressed. Comments directed at a particular subject considered during a particular session of hearings must be submitted no later than 45 days after the date of that specific hearing session. Comments on broader subjects within the general scope of the hearings may be submitted at any time after the publication of this notice, but no later than Nov. 28, 2003.
Written comments should be submitted in both hard copy and electronic form. Six hard copies of each submission should be addressed to Donald S. Clark, Office of the Secretary, Federal Trade Commission, 600 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20580. Submissions should be captioned: Comments Regarding Hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy. Electronic submissions may be sent by electronic mail to healthcare@ftc.gov.
Information about the health care hearings is available on the websites for the hearings,
Source: US Department of Justice
