NU Online News Service, Nov. 3, 3:07 p.m. EST
Legislation to repeal the antitrust exemption for health and medical malpractice insurers "will have no significant effect" on premiums charged for private health insurance, the Congressional Budget Office reported.
Responding to the CBO analysis, officials of the Physician Insurers Association of America, which represents medical malpractice insurers owned by physicians' groups, said the report refutes claims by "several consumer groups" that repealing the provision would reduce insurance costs by 20 percent.
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