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Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2015

1/11/2023, 1:28 PM

Congressional Summary of HR 99

Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2015

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.

Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in it modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance.

Applies prohibitions of unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.

Current Status of Bill HR 99

Bill HR 99 is currently in the status of Bill Introduced since January 6, 2015. Bill HR 99 was introduced during Congress 114 and was introduced to the House on January 6, 2015.  Bill HR 99's most recent activity was Referred to the Subcommittee on Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. as of February 2, 2015

Bipartisan Support of Bill HR 99

Total Number of Sponsors
1
Democrat Sponsors
1
Republican Sponsors
0
Unaffiliated Sponsors
0
Total Number of Cosponsors
0
Democrat Cosponsors
0
Republican Cosponsors
0
Unaffiliated Cosponsors
0

Policy Area and Potential Impact of Bill HR 99

Primary Policy Focus

Health

Potential Impact Areas

- Competition and antitrust
- Health care costs and insurance
- Insurance industry and regulation

Alternate Title(s) of Bill HR 99

Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2015
To prohibit anticompetitive activities and to provide that health insurance issuers and medical malpractice insurance issuers are subject to the antitrust laws of the United States, and for other purposes.
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act of 2015

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Sponsors and Cosponsors of HR 99

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