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: Antitrust ReviewHouse Judiciary Committee Votes To Repeal McCarran-Ferguson
By David Fischer
The House Judiciary Committee voted Wednesday to strip federal antitrust protections shielding health insurers from investigations into price fixing and other business practices, the first step in a legislative bid to clamp down on the much-maligned industry. Although Democrats have led the repeal push in recent weeks, the committee’s 20-9 vote came with the support of three Republicans. The legislation would repeal portions of the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act that allows states to regulate health insurance providers without federal intervention.
Full post as published by Antitrust Review on October 21, 2009 (boomark / email).
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