HR-143 : Still Just a Bill

Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2017

This bill prohibits the McCarran-Ferguson Act from being construed to permit health insurance or medical malpractice insurance issuers to engage in price fixing, bid rigging, or market allocations in connection with providing health insurance or medical malpractice coverage.

This bill amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance. Prohibitions of unfair methods of competition apply to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2017-01-23CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law.House committee actions
2017-01-03IntroReferralReferred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.House floor actions
2017-01-03IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

John Conyers, Jr. [D] (MI-13)
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Policy Area :

Health
See Subjects
  • Competition and antitrust
  • Health care costs and insurance
  • Insurance industry and regulation

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