Topic
Antitrust Exemptions
36 published works
Healthcare Law Blog
A Window into Washington: Report on Hearings for S. 1681 and H.R. 3596, Proposed Legislation to End Health Insurers’ Antitrust Exemption
By Donald Klawiter, Jennifer Driscoll-Chippendale and Malika Levarlet Overview Congress recently conducted hearings on proposed legislation that would repeal the insurance exemption from the federal antitrust laws, the McCarran-Ferguson Act…
InsureReinsure
House Committee Votes to Eliminate Insurers’ Federal Antitrust Exemption
On October 21, the House Judiciary Committee voted to repeal health and medical malpractice insurers’ long-standing federal antitrust exemption. By a vote of 20-9 in which three Republicans crossed party…
InsureReinsure
Legislation Introduced to Eliminate Federal Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurance and Medical Malpractice Insurance Companies
Today, Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy introduced legislation to eliminate the federal antitrust exemption for health insurance and medical malpractice insurance companies.
Washington Energy Report
Update on Transportation Legislation in the 111th Congress
Congressional maneuvering during the past few weeks has dramatically altered the landscape for pending and proposed transportation legislation. Before June, legislation that would eliminate the nation’s freight railroads’ antitrust exemptions…
InsureReinsure
Legislation Introduced to Repeal Insurance Industry’s Antitrust Exemption
On March 18, 2009, U.S. Congressmen Gene Taylor (D-Miss.) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced the Insurance Industry Competition Act of 2009 (H.R. 1583). H.R. 1583 seeks to amend the McCarran-Ferguson…
Property Insurance Coverage Law Blog
Where is the Antitrust Enforcement Anyway?
By Chip Merlin
Federal lawmakers have filed two bills (S. 618 and H.R. 1081 ) calling for the repeal of long existing antitrust exemptions given to the insurance industry by the McCarran-Ferguson Act. …