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Health Insurance Antitrust Immunity

Robins Kaplan LLP

[Remote Event] Health Care Antitrust Under President Biden - What Health Care Companies May Expect By Way Of Antitrust Policy And...

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After a turbulent year that roiled the economy, and the health care sector more than most, the Democrats emerged with control of both the White House and Congress for the first time since 2014. Business leaders and in-house...more

Locke Lord LLP

Eliminating McCarran-Ferguson Immunity for Health Insurers - Higher Prices and ‎Compliance Burdens

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For decades, politicians of both stripes routinely promised that they would do something about the relentless rise in health insurance costs by repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act. Now that Congress passed and former...more

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Legislation Repeals Federal Antitrust Immunity For The Health Insurance Business

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Seven decades of antitrust immunity for the health insurance industry has just ended. That startling but not unexpected action should prompt insurers, health care providers and suppliers to carefully assess the competitive...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Recent Developments in Antitrust Scrutiny of Healthcare-Provider Transactions

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As the trend of acquisitions of physician practices and mergers of hospitals continues, so does antitrust scrutiny of these deals. There was activity this week in three different proposed transactions that caught the...more

King & Spalding

House Passes Bill Repealing Antitrust Immunity for Health Insurers

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Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed a bill that would end the limited Federal antitrust immunity for health insurers. The Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017 (H.R. 372) passed the House 416-7 and...more

Troutman Pepper

House Votes to Repeal Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurers Under the Mccarran-Ferguson Act

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On March 22, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017, which would repeal the current limited federal antitrust immunity for health insurers. The bill would amend the...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Repeal of Antitrust Immunity for Insurers: What Does It Mean?

Insurers are among a handful of industries, including Major League Baseball, that have a special exemption from the federal antitrust laws, the so-called "McCarran-Ferguson" antitrust exemption. The exemption has survived...more

Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

Health Update - March 2017

The Future of Essential Health Benefits - Editor's Note: The Essential Health Benefits (EHB) rule may be among the many parts of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) that are on the chopping block as the Trump Administration and...more

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