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Med mal insurers cut from effort to end antitrust shield

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WASHINGTON—A bill has been introduced to strip health insurers of the limited antitrust exemption granted to them by the McCarran-Ferguson Act, but unlike a previous version, this measure would not impose the change on medical malpractice insurers.

The Health Insurance Industry Fair Competition Act is posted at www.rules.house.gov, the Web site of the House of Representatives’ Rules Committee, which will set rules for its consideration next week.

The bill replaces an earlier measure, sponsored by Reps. Betsy Markey, D-Colo., and Tom Perriello, D-Va., that would have applied to medical malpractice liability insurers as well.