UnitedHealthcare The FTC investigates mergers between health-care providers like hospitals and is reviewing UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s proposed acquisition of DaVita Inc.’s physician network business. (Photo: Shutterstock)

Antitrust enforcers should be aggressive in policing mergers in the health-care industry to keep costs down for consumers, even if it means a greater risk of losing cases, said Federal Trade Commissioner Rebecca Kelly Slaughter.

“We should push the envelope and not be afraid to bring cases,” Slaughter, a Democrat on the Republican-controlled FTC, said Tuesday in a speech at the Center for American Progress in Washington. “If we never bring a case unless it’s a sure thing, we’re almost certainly under-enforcing.”

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