JUSTICE DEPARTMENT AND FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION REQUEST INDIVIDUALS RESUBMIT COMMENTS REGARDING AGENCIES’ HEARINGS ON HEALTH CARE AND COMPETITION LAW AND POLICY

The following press release was published by the US Department of Justice on Jan. 16, 2004. It is reproduced in full below.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FRIDAY, JANUARY 16, 2004 WWW.USDOJ.GOV AT (202) 514-2007 TDD (202) 514-1888 WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Department of Justice and the Federal Trade Commission today requested that any person who submitted electronic comments regarding the agencies’ joint antitrust hearings on Health Care and Competition Law and Policy between June 1, 2003 and Oct. 22, 2003, to resubmit those comments due to technological errors. The agencies said that the public record will remain open until Feb. 13, 2004 to accommodate re-submission.

Comments can be submitted either via hard copy or electronically. 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, DC 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. Alternatively, electronic submissions may be filed on a 3-1/2 inch computer disk with a label stating the name of the submitter and the name and version of the word processing program used to create the document.

DOJ MEDIA CONTACT: Gina Talamona Office of Public Affairs 202-514-2007 DOJ STAFF CONTACT: Leslie Overton Office of the Assistant Attorney General 202-353-1535 FTC MEDIA CONTACT: Cathy MacFarlane Office of Public Affairs 202-326-3657 FTC STAFF CONTACT: Sarah Mathias Office of the General Counsel 202-326-3254 04-028

Source: US Department of Justice