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Passage of HR 4626 “dangerous precedent”

25 February 2010

The US House of Representatives has passed the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, legislation repealing the limited anti-trust exemption for health insurers.

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The US House of Representatives has passed the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, legislation repealing the limited anti-trust exemption for health insurers.

On February 24, the House voted 406 to 19 to strip health insurers of their 69 year old anti-trust exemption under the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act.

The bill, which is now headed to the Senate,...


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