Limiting McCarran-Ferguson Act's Antitrust Exemption for the "Business of Insurance". : Impact on Health Insurers and Issuers of Medical Malpractice Insurance.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Finance--Law and legislation.

Finance.

Antitrust law.

Privileges and immunities.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 pages, digital, PDF file)

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2010.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Addresses issues related to narrowing or eliminating insurance industry exemption from Federal antitrust law, under the McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945. Outlines H.R. 3596 and S. 1681, both the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009; and section 262 of H.R. 3962, the Affordable Health Care for America Act; all to eliminate health and medical malpractice insurance industry exemption from Federal antitrust law. Considers related issues and impact on issuers of health and medical malpractice insurance.

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Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Sept. 2012). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC.

CRS Report.

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Microfiche version: Library of Congress.Congressional Research Service. Limiting McCarran-Ferguson Act's Antitrust Exemption for the "Business of Insurance"

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