S.1681 - Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009

A bill to ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers. view all titles (3)

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  • Official: A bill to ensure that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers cannot engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations to the detriment of competition and consumers. as introduced.
  • Popular: Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 as introduced.
  • Short: Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 as introduced.

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09/01/10
S.1681 Title: Health Insurance Industry Antitrust

S.1681 Title: Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 Sponsor: Sen Leahy, Patrick J. [VT] (introduced 9/17/2009) Cosponsors (21) Related Bills: HR3596 Latest Major Action: 10/14/2009 Senate committee/subcommittee ...

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06/21/10
Time to Repeal the Health Insurance Industry's Antitrust Exemption ...

What happened to the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 (S.1681)? It passed the House in February with a bipartisan vote of 406 to 19. Now it is up to the Senate. When referring to health ...

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06/13/10
S.3490: Spectrum Relocation Improvement Act of 2010 - U.S. ...

Department of Commerce · 1. Users opposing S.3490 (1) are also: Supporting Bill. S.1681 Health Insurance Indu... 1 · H.R.5081 Broadband for First R... 1. Opposing Bill. H.R.2835 Medical Marijuana Pat... 1 · S.649 Radio Spectrum Invent.

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05/07/10
Time to Repeal the Health Insurance Industry's Antitrust Exemption ...

What happened to the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 (S.1681)? It passed the House in February with a bipartisan vote of 406 to 19. Now it is up to the Senate......

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04/18/10
H.R.5081: Broadband for First Responders Act of 2010 - U.S. ...

Supporting Bill, Supporting Senator, Supporting Representative. S.1681 Health Insurance Indu... 2 · H.R.1687 Paycheck Fairness Act... 1 · S.841 Paycheck Fairness Act... 1 · H.R.2421 Combating Autism Act .. ...

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03/08/10
Miscellaneous Musings - Whatever crosses my mind. ...and my heart ...

There is a bill (S. 1681) to fix that but it's still in committee. A House bill has been passed. The health care summit was a pathetic joke. The President took the opportunity to "listen to" and "educate" the Republicans. ...

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03/06/10
ALwyns Forallouryesterdays Blog Spot: BBC NEWS | In Pictures

Time to Repeal the Health Insurance Industry's Antitrust Exemption - What happened to the "Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009" (S.1681)? It passed the House in February with a bipartisan vote of 406 . ...

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03/03/10
Paid Family Leave | Budget Car Insurance Florida

Proposals such as The Family Leave Insurance Act of 2007 (S. 1681) which would expand FMLA to include paid leave on a federal level have gone nowhere. Barack Obama proposes that as President he would expand the FMLA by providing help to ...

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02/26/10
Paid Family Leave | Car Insurance For Students Dallas

Proposals such as The Family Leave Insurance Act of 2007 (S. 1681) which would expand FMLA to include paid leave on a federal level have gone nowhere. Barack Obama proposes that as President he would expand the FMLA by providing help to ...

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02/18/10
Obamacare Bends the Cost Curve Up: Here Is How to Bend It Down ...

The insurance industry has a special statutory exemption from the antitrust laws in the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act. Congress needs to pass S.1681 – Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 This Act repeals the ...

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02/18/10
Obamacare Bends the Cost Curve Up: Here Is How to Bend It Down ...

The insurance industry has a special statutory exemption from the antitrust laws in the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act. Congress needs to pass S.1681 – Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 This Act repeals the ...

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01/29/10
END THE ANTITRUST EXEMPTION FOR HEALTH INSURANCE | Medical ...

Did a quick look and found the bill number is S. 1681, it's been introduced and referred to committee. Guess who's committee? S. Leahy's !! The Judiciary Committee. So when is the hearings? Still working on it. Timing is everything. ...

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01/25/10
Health Legislation: Limiting McCarran-Ferguson Act's Antitrust ...

Unlike prior legislation to eliminate the entire exemption—currently applicable generally to the extent such business is regulated by state law—however, the pending measures (H.R. 3596, S. 1681 (each titled the Health Insurance Industry ...

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12/27/09
A revolutionary New Year's greeting for 2010 « COTO Report

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12/27/09
The Next Iranian Revolution? « COTO Report

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12/26/09
Health Care Reform— A Year Of Battles - Core Protection Products ...

For a while it looked like S. 1681, a Senate bill that would repeal the antitrust exemption afforded health insurers under McCarran-Ferguson, was likely to be introduced during the lengthy debate on the Senate bill. But an aide to Sen. ...

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12/26/09
My Memories Of The Decade « COTO Report

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12/25/09
Something's Not Right Here « COTO Report

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12/25/09
You Are the Gift! « COTO Report

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12/23/09
A California Christmas Tradition « COTO Report

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12/21/09
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12/21/09
Pro-single-payer physicians call for defeat of Senate health bill ...

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12/21/09
S. 1681, “The Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act ...

Senator Leahy has introduced S. 1681, “The Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act Of 2009, but it has not progressed to a vote. Sen. Leahy's bill removes anti-trust exemptions for health insurers granted by the ...

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12/20/09
The 100th Monkey « COTO Report

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12/17/09
S.2853: Bipartisan Task Force for Responsible Fiscal Action Act of ...

Supporting Bill, Supporting Senator, Supporting Representative. S.1681 Health Insurance Indu... 3 · H.R.226 Broadcaster Freedom A... 2 · S.J.Res.7 S.J.Res.7. 2 · H.R.197 National Right-to-Car... 2 · H.R.17 Citizens' Self-Def

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12/16/09
Antitrust Terms Out Of Health Care Bill - Regulatory,Legislative ...

Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chief sponsor of S. 1681, the legislation that would have repealed the antitrust exemption for health-related insurers. “The debate on amendments to the health care reform legislation appears to be over,” the ...

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12/16/09
Health Care Legislation Has No Antitrust Amendment In Senate ...

Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., the chief sponsor of S. 1681—legislation that would have repealed the antitrust exemption for health-related insurers. “The debate on amendments to the health care reform legislation appears to be over,” the ...

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12/13/09
Leahy Files Antitrust Repeal Amendment to Senate Healthcare Reform Act

The amendment contains language previously offered in September by Leahy in the "Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act," S. 1681. The Automotive Service Association (ASA) sent a letter to Leahy in support of his amendment. ...

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12/07/09
Al Franken to Health Insurers: Devote 90% of Revenue to Medical ...

A bill now before Congress would do just that, the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, S.1681 and H.R.3596. Alternatively, there has been talk of including its provisions in the health reform legislation now taking ...

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12/07/09
PoliGazette » Al Franken to Health Insurers: Devote 90% of Revenue ...

A bill now before Congress would do just that, the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, S.1681 and H.R.3596. Alternatively, there has been talk of including its provisions in the health reform legislation now taking ...

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