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Politics : A US National Health Care System? -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TimF who wrote (13583)	2/26/2010 11:04:18 AM
From: Road Walker	1 Recommendation Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 42652

Most everything has more competition than insurance. BTW: House passes repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act for health insurers By Miles Moore, Senior Washington Reporter WASHINGTON (Feb. 26, 2010) — By a 406-19 vote, the U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act, which repeals the exemption health insurers have under the McCarran-Ferguson Act. Passed in 1945, the McCarran-Ferguson Act states that federal antitrust law applies to the insurance industry only to the extent that it is not regulated by state law. The Automotive Service Association, which for years has championed a total repeal of McCarran-Ferguson as anti-competitive and injurious to small business, praised passage of the Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act as a good first step. The bill now goes to the Senate.