{"schema":"hottub-news/story/v1","story":"st_foi7mcsvkbq2yuw4im4a","title":"Antitrust lawsuit against Mission, HCA hits roadblock","title_en":null,"outlets":1,"brief":null,"page":"https://hottub.news/stories/antitrust-lawsuit-against-mission-hca-hits-roadblock-foi7mcsvkb","count":1,"items":[{"id":"n_foi7mcsvkbq2yuw4im4a","seq":1502343,"kind":"article","title":"Antitrust lawsuit against Mission, HCA hits roadblock","url":"https://www.northcarolinahealthnews.org/2026/10/03/antitrust-lawsuit-against-mission-hca-hits-roadblock","summary":"By Ted Clifford Asheville Watchdog Three years ago, nationally renowned litigators brought a class action lawsuit against Mission Hospital and its parent company HCA Healthcare. It claims that HCA was using the regional monopoly Mission built up as a nonprofit to force insurers into anticompetitive contracts leading to higher healthcare costs and worse services for […] The post Antitrust lawsuit against Mission, HCA hits roadblock appeared first on North Carolina Health News…","published":"2026-10-03T08:00:00Z","seen":"2026-10-03T08:39:23Z","lang":"en","country":"US","source":{"id":"kite-northcarolinahealthnews-org-72d23d","name":"northcarolinahealthnews.org","domain":"northcarolinahealthnews.org"},"via":"kite-northcarolinahealthnews-org-72d23d","topics":["cost of care","health insurance","rural health","state health policy","antitrust lawsuit","asheville healthcare","hca healthcare","health insurance premiums"],"authors":["Asheville Watchdog"],"entities":[{"id":"Q239877","name":"Mission","type":"org"},{"id":"Q93018261","name":"Homes and Communities Agency","type":"org"}],"story":"st_foi7mcsvkbq2yuw4im4a","category":"economy-business","category_p":0.4399999976158142,"sentiment":"neutral","tone":-0.3799999952316284,"political":0.6100000143051147}]}