更新于：2026年2月20日 / 美国东部时间下午2:00 / CBS新闻
周五，美国司法部指控俄亥俄州最大的医疗系统之一存在反竞争行为，迫使患者为医疗服务支付高价。
官员表示，该诉讼由司法部与俄亥俄州总检察长联合提起，针对俄亥俄健康公司（OhioHealth Corporation），案件在俄亥俄州南区美国联邦地区法院审理。这是司法部反垄断局约一年来发起的首个民事反垄断执法行动。
这一举措发生在一周前，该部门由特朗普任命的助理司法部长盖尔·斯莱特（Gail Slater）被解雇，其职位由代理担任的奥米德·阿塞菲（Omeed Assefi）接任，此前斯莱特与总检察长帕姆·邦迪（Pam Bondi）办公室的紧张关系不断升级。
“在邦迪总检察长和本届政府的领导下，司法部的使命是‘聚焦于可负担性’，”阿塞菲周五在采访中表示。
“我们在此希望尽可能积极地执行法律，因为这能给普通民众带来切实回报。”
俄亥俄健康公司的一位发言人告诉CBS新闻：“我们尚未收到诉讼文件，对正在进行的诉讼发表评论是不合适的。”
俄亥俄健康公司拥有或管理16家医院和门诊设施，是哥伦布地区占主导地位的医院系统。它与俄亥俄州立大学韦克斯纳医疗中心以及由三一健康（Trinity Health）拥有的卡梅尔健康系统（Mount Carmel Health System）存在竞争。
诉讼指控称，至少自2003年以来，俄亥俄健康公司的合同限制阻止了商业健康保险公司向患者提供低成本计划。
“这些限制剥夺了患者在全系列有竞争力的医疗保险计划中进行选择的权利，患者本可以自行决定是否值得为俄亥俄健康公司的高价服务付费。如果这些计划可用，选择它们的雇主和患者将立即从更低的保费和自付费用中受益，”诉讼中指出。
司法部官员向CBS新闻透露，俄亥俄健康公司约占40%的市场份额，其与保险公司的谈判价格比竞争对手高出约50%。
他们补充称，对俄亥俄健康公司的调查已进行数年，这也是美国正在进行的对多家主导医疗系统调查的一部分。
最近类似的案件是2018年与总部位于北卡罗来纳州夏洛特的Atrium Health（前身为Carolinas HealthCare System）达成的和解。该案涉及商业健康保险公司与Carolinas HealthCare System提供商之间合同中的类似反竞争引导限制指控。
“执法议程非常活跃且蓬勃发展，”阿塞菲告诉CBS。
DOJ files antitrust civil complaint accusing OhioHealth of blocking patients’ access to affordable healthcare
Updated on: February 20, 2026 / 2:00 PM EST / CBS News
The Justice Department on Friday accused one of Ohio’s largest healthcare systems of engaging in anticompetitive behavior that forces patients to pay high prices for their healthcare.
The complaint, brought jointly by the Justice Department and Ohio Attorney General against OhioHealth Corporation in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, is the first civil antitrust enforcement action by the department’s Antitrust Division in about a year, officials said.
It comes a week after Gail Slater, the division’s Trump-appointed assistant attorney general, was fired from her post amid rising tensions with Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office and replaced by Omeed Assefi, who is serving in an acting capacity.
“The mission of the department under the leadership of Attorney General Bondi and of this administration is to be laser-focused on affordability,” Assefi said in an interview Friday.
“What we want to do here is be as aggressive in enforcement as possible because of the returns that come to everyday people.”
“We have not yet been served with the complaint and it would be inappropriate for us to comment on pending litigation,” a spokesperson for OhioHealth told CBS News.
OhioHealth owns or manages 16 hospitals and outpatient facilities and is the dominant hospital system in the Columbus area. It competes with Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, and with the Mount Carmel Health System, which is owned by Trinity Health.
The complaint alleges that since at least 2003, OhioHealth’s contractual restrictions have prevented commercial health insurance companies from offering lower-cost plans to patients.
“These restrictions deprive patients of a choice among a full spectrum
of competitive health insurance plans, where patients could decide for themselves whether going to OhioHealth for care is worth the high prices it charges. If such plans were available, the employers and patients who choose them would benefit immediately from lower premiums and out-of-pocket costs,” the complaint alleges.
Justice Department officials told CBS News that OhioHealth has about a 40% market share, and it has negotiated prices with insurance companies that are about 50% higher than competitors.
They added that the investigation into OhioHealth has been underway for several years and is one of several ongoing probes into dominant healthcare systems across the U.S.
The most recent similar case was settled in 2018 with Charlotte, North Carolina-based Atrium Health, formerly known as Carolinas HealthCare System. It involved similar claims of anticompetitive steering restrictions in contracts between commercial health insurers and Carolinas HealthCare System providers.
“The enforcement agenda is very much alive and thriving,” Assefi told CBS.
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