s 95 6 59960 1253160000 1255492800 1681 1608 This bill would repeal an exemption from federal antitrust laws that the health insurance industry has enjoyed since 1945. 111 300065

9/17/2009--Introduced.Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2009 - Declares that nothing in the McCarran-Ferguson Act shall be construed to permit health insurance issuers or issuers of medical malpractice insurance to engage in any form of price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance coverage or coverage for medical malpractice claims or actions. Makes this Act nonapplicable to any information gathering and rate setting activities of any state commission of insurance or any other state regulatory entity with authority to set insurance rates.

1255492800 2009-10-14 Wed Jan 06 09:29:53 -0600 2010 introduced 59960 'act':6 '2009':8 'insur':2 'enforc':5 'health':1 'industri':3 'antitrust':4 78033 false short introduced 59960 'act':6 '2009':8 'insur':2 'enforc':5 'health':1 'industri':3 'antitrust':4 78017 true popular introduced 59960 'bid':19 'fix':18 'rig':20 'bill':2 'alloc':23 'engag':15 'ensur':4 'insur':7,12 'medic':10 'price':17 'cannot':14 'consum':30 'health':6 'issuer':8,13 'market':22 'competit':28 'detriment':26 'malpractic':11 77979 false official action 59960 Thu Oct 15 18:54:01 -0500 2009 1255492800 Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 211473 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. L000174 1940-03-31 14079 433 Russell Senate Office Building http://leahy.senate.gov/contact.cfm 202-224-3479 Patrick 'd':4 'vt':5 'sen':1 'leahi':3,7,9 'patrick':2,6,8 M 300065 Leahy Patrick_Leahy J. Sen. Patrick Leahy [D, VT] 7168 N00009918 11682 Democrat 202-224-4242 Roman Catholic VT Patrick Leahy 3.45238095238095 http://leahy.senate.gov/ SenatorPatrickLeahy action 59960 Thu Oct 15 18:54:01 -0500 2009 1255492800 Wed Oct 14 00:00:00 -0500 2009 211473 Committee on the Judiciary. Hearings held. action 59960 Fri Sep 18 19:03:18 -0500 2009 1253160000 Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0500 2009 208884 Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. action 59960 Fri Sep 18 19:03:18 -0500 2009 1253160000 Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0500 2009 208883 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S9556) introduced 59960 Fri Sep 18 19:03:18 -0500 2009 1253160000 Thu Sep 17 00:00:00 -0500 2009 208882