Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2011

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R GosarSponsor

14 cosponsors · 7 D, 7 R

D Doggett WJ

R Jones CM

R McMorris Rodgers JA

0 signed on when it was introduced; the rest joined later. Cosponsors who withdrew aren't shown.

Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2011 - Amends the McCarran-Ferguson Act to provide that nothing in that Act shall modify, impair, or supersede the operation of any of the antitrust laws with respect to the business of health insurance.

What it does: CRS summary · Introduced in House · Mar 17, 2011

Applies prohibitions against using unfair methods of competition to the business of health insurance without regard to whether such business is carried on for profit.

Prohibits class action lawsuits on any claim against an insurer for a violation of the McCarran-Ferguson Act, except suits by: (1) the United States or any state, or (2) named individual claimants for their particular injuries.

Written by the nonpartisan Congressional Research Service. All summary versions on Congress.gov

About this bill and sources

Official title: Competitive Health Insurance Reform Act of 2011

Latest action (Jun 1, 2011): Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property, Competition and the Internet.

Policy area: Health · Origin: House · Introduced: Mar 17, 2011

Official page on Congress.gov · Bill text (GovInfo) · Status record (XML)

No recorded floor vote found.