According to AHA officials, "key aspects of [Kernodle's] decision, including the court's rejection of the FTC's reliance on a study regarding hospital mergers, were based on arguments made in the AHA's amicus brief."

The Federal Jobs Guarantee Development Act, introduced last week by Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J., would establish a pilot jobs guarantee program in up to 15 high-unemployment communities nationwide.

For the owners of plan participants' drug stores, these can be a major source of stress.

MaxHealth, based in Tampa, provide care to more than 120,000 patients, including more than 80,000 patients in value-based care programs.