HR372: Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017

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Seal of the Dept. of Justice. See also HR 115

Removes the health insurance industry’s exemption from federal anti-trust laws. This would apply to both for-profit and non-profit health insurance companies.

Official Summary

Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2017

This bill amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to declare that nothing in that Act modifies, impairs, or supersedes the operation of antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance, including the business of dental insurance.

Prohibitions against unfair methods of competition apply to the business of health insurance without regard to whether the business is for profit.

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Passed House
2017-03-22
Passed Senate
Signed by President
Became Public Law

Amendments

Amendment in the nature of a substitution (complete text replaced) as bill was reported out of committee.

Sponsors

Original sponsor: Rep. Gosar, Paul A. [R-AZ-4]

Cosponsors: Rep. Brat, Dave [R-VA-7], Rep. Brooks, Mo [R-AL-5], Rep. DesJarlais, Scott [R-TN-4], Rep. Duncan, John J., Jr. [R-TN-2], Rep. Gohmert, Louie [R-TX-1], Rep. Jones, Walter B., Jr. [R-NC-3], Rep. King, Steve [R-IA-4], Rep. Roe, David P. [R-TN-1], Rep. Scott, Austin [R-GA-8], Rep. Yoho, Ted S. [R-FL-3], Rep. Ferguson, A. Drew, IV [R-GA-3], Rep. Wittman, Robert J. [R-VA-1], Rep. Babin, Brian [R-TX-36], Rep. Smith, Lamar [R-TX-21], Rep. Biggs, Andy [R-AZ-5], Rep. Lamborn, Doug [R-CO-5], Rep. Sanford, Mark [R-SC-1], Rep. Garrett, Thomas A., Jr. [R-VA-5], Rep. Labrador, Raul R. [R-ID-1], Rep. Tipton, Scott R. [R-CO-3]
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Votes

Passed House: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2017/roll184.xml

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