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The year 2020 was an eventful one in the world of healthcare antitrust. The year began with the announcement of the precedent-setting settlement of the California Attorney General’s action against Sutter Health and ended with the settlement of multi-district antitrust litigation against the Blue Cross Blue Shield Association (and its member Blues). Along the way, Congress passed legislation repealing the antitrust protections that health insurers had enjoyed for 75 years under the McCarran Ferguson Act, the Federal Trade Commission lost its first hospital merger challenge in many years, and the Department of Justice Antitrust Division made good on its threats to bring criminal antitrust actions in healthcare. After such an eventful year, what is 2021 likely to bring in the way of further developments? Look for these issues to dominate the healthcare antitrust headlines in 2021: