{"id":486369,"date":"2026-02-23T21:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/486369\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T21:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T21:37:21","slug":"ohio-doj-sue-health-network-ohiohealth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/486369\/","title":{"rendered":"Ohio, DOJ sue health network OhioHealth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"1\">\u201cOhioHealth restricts commercial health insurers (\u201cpayors\u201d) from offering health plans that allow patients to share in the savings that come from choosing to use OhioHealth\u2019s lower-cost rivals,\u201d or even telling patients that lower-cost options are available, the suit says. The lawsuit asks the court to stop OhioHealth\u2019s restrictions on insurers. <\/p>\n<p>Explore<a class=\"headline\" href=\"https:\/\/www.daytondailynews.com\/local\/theres-blood-everywhere-911-call-released-in-ashley-flynns-murder\/SLYGCXL2NJCM5ATSIHBP5BJZGM\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">LISTEN: \u2018There\u2019s blood everywhere\u2019: 911 call released in Ashley Flynn murder case<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"3\">The lawsuit alleges that these practices violate the federal Sherman Act and Ohio\u2019s Valentine Act, which prohibit anticompetitive practices that harm consumers, the Ohio Attorney General\u2019s Office said in a release. <\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"4\">OhioHealth is the main healthcare provider for the Columbus area, but also has a neuroscience facility at 7774 Dayton Springfield Road in Fairborn. <\/p>\n<p class=\"story-text \" data-index=\"5\">In a release, Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost said, \u201cWhen competition is blocked, consumers end up being the biggest losers. My office stands with the Justice Department in our determination to eliminate these types of unfair practices and protect Ohioan\u2019s wallets.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cOhioHealth restricts commercial health insurers (\u201cpayors\u201d) from offering health plans that allow patients to share in the savings&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486370,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[59],"tags":[97,252,253],"class_list":["post-486369","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health-care","tag-health","tag-health-care","tag-healthcare"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486369","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486369"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486369\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486370"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486369"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486369"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486369"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}