By Jane Winik Sartwell Carolina Public Press This week, HCA Healthcare settled an antitrust lawsuit that has plagued the Asheville-based Mission Health system for three years. In 2022, four Western North Carolina governments sued HCA Healthcare and Mission Health for predatory and monopolistic practices, which plaintiffs claim lead to more expensive and lower-quality health care across much of […] The post HCA settles antitrust lawsuit with Western NC local governments appeared first...