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To prohibit anticompetitive activities and to provide that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers are subject to the antitrust laws of the United States, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-143| House 
| Updated: 1/23/2017
John Conyers

John Conyers

Democratic Representative

Michigan

Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the McCarran-Ferguson Act from being construed to permit health insurance or medical malpractice insurance issuers to engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance or medical malpractice coverage. This bill amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance. Prohibitions of unfair methods of competition apply to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.
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Timeline
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
  • January 3, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • January 3, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • January 23, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.

Health

Related Bills

  • S 115-222: A bill to repeal provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and provide private health insurance reform, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-1072: To repeal provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and provide private health insurance reform, and for other purposes.
Competition and antitrustHealth care costs and insuranceInsurance industry and regulation

To prohibit anticompetitive activities and to provide that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers are subject to the antitrust laws of the United States, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-143| House 
| Updated: 1/23/2017
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017 This bill prohibits the McCarran-Ferguson Act from being construed to permit health insurance or medical malpractice insurance issuers to engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance or medical malpractice coverage. This bill amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance. Prohibitions of unfair methods of competition apply to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.
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Timeline
Jan 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
Jan 23, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
  • January 3, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • January 3, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.


  • January 23, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.
John Conyers

John Conyers

Democratic Representative

Michigan

Administrative State, Regulatory Reform, and Antitrust Subcommittee, Judiciary Committee

Health

Related Bills

  • S 115-222: A bill to repeal provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and provide private health insurance reform, and for other purposes.
  • HR 115-1072: To repeal provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and provide private health insurance reform, and for other purposes.
  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Competition and antitrustHealth care costs and insuranceInsurance industry and regulation