House GOP eyes antitrust in vision insurance market

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EXCLUSIVE — Republicans on the House Judiciary Committee are launching an investigation into anticompetitive practices in the vision insurance benefits market.

Rep. Scott Fitzgerald (R-WI), chairman of the House Judiciary Committee’s antitrust subcommittee, sent a letter on Monday, obtained by the Washington Examiner, to VSP Vision Care requesting a briefing about the company’s vertical integration practices, which critics argue pressure independent optometrist offices out of the market. 

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