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PR Drives Antitrust Repeal Efforts

Every so often, someone in Congress decides to go after that tempting but misguided political target: the repeal of the insurance industry's limited anti-trust exemption.

By Jimi Grande | Updated on February 28, 2010

Every so often, someone in Congress decides to go after that tempting but misguided political target: the repeal of the insurance industry’s limited anti-trust exemption. People are generally suspicious when they hear the term “anti-trust exemption,” especially because repeal advocates often forget to include the word “limited” when talking about McCarran-Ferguson. This allows politicians to paint themselves as fighting a noble battle against the mythical monolithic giant that is the insurance industry

kage, the latest debate over McCarran-Ferguson would strip the health and medical professional liability insurance markets of their limited exemptions. The measure was proposed as a possible amendment to the Senate healthcare package, but was never taken up. Healthcare reform in general ran into a roadblock with the election of Scott Brown (R-Mass.) to the Senate, and leaders in both chambers of Congress have begun seeking new ways to move their healthcare reform proposals.

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