Sutter Health Settles Monopoly Pricing Suit Ahead of Trial

California based, health-care provider, Sutter Health reached a settlement in antitrust lawsuit, accusing the health-care provider of using its market dominance to compel insurers into accepting “all or nothing” contracts, thereby inflating health-care costs. The settlement came prior to a scheduled re-trial over claims that Sutter Health charged excessive prices and imposed restrictive contracts on insurers. Plaintiffs had sought $1.2 billion in damages during the initial trial.