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<tr><td><b>Comment Number: </b></td><td>546725-00006</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Received: </b></td><td>2/6/2010 2:45:52 PM</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Organization: </b></td><td></td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Commenter: </b></td><td>Karl Kerchief </td></tr>

<tr><td><b>State: </b></td><td>MI</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Agency: </b></td><td>Federal Trade Commission</td></tr>

<tr><td><b>Rule: </b></td><td>Proposed Consent Agreement In the Matter of Roaring Fork Valley Physicians I.P.A., Inc.; FTC File No. 061 0172 </td></tr>

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<hr><P><b>Comments:</b></p>In this case, it appears that the FTC expressly states that the refusal to accept federal Medicare price controls by a group of physicians is in itself a form of illegal price fixing. I HOPE this is NOT the intent, but that it what it seems to say. Can you comment on that aspect of the decision please?


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