House Committee Votes to Strip Health Insurance Industry of Exemption from Federal Antitrust Laws

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Barger & Wolen LLP

As reported by the Associated Press today, a House committee has voted to strip the health insurance industry of its exemption from federal antitrust laws as senators announced plans to take the same step.  The House Judiciary Committee voted 20 to 9 to repeal a law that exempted the health insurance industry from federal controls over certain antitrust violations, including price-fixing.

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