Antitrust Exemption

Max J. Rosenthal

Businesses Face A 'Devastating' New Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Max J. Rosenthal | Posted 12.15.2011

Read More: Insurance Industry, Insurance Premiums, Video, Insurance, Hurricane Irene Insurance Losses, Hurricane Irene Insurance Claims, Insurance Claims, Antitrust Exemption, Antitrust, Hurricane Irene, Regulation, Center for Justice & Democracy, Insurance Companies, Business, Business News

WASHINGTON -- With the economy still weak, businesses may face a fresh blow from insurance companies next year, according to a new report published Th...

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Without Health Care Reform, Catastrophe Awaits

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Option, Mitch McConnell, Health Care Reform, John Boehner, Paying for Healthcare, Barack Obama, Antitrust Exemption, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

The health car reform legislation is far from perfect, but it is nowhere close to being a monstrosity that requires dismantling. If anything, it needs to be beefed up.

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Eliminate the Antitrust Exemption for Health Insurance Companies

Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Public Option, Antitrust Exemption, Antitrust, Obama Administration, Anthem Blue Cross, Obama, Health Care, McCarran-Ferguson Act, Politics News
Rep. Eddie Bernice Johnson

Eliminating the antitrust exemption would enable the government to ensure that health insurance companies are doing right by their customers.

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The 'Phoenix' of Health Care Reform: The Public Option

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Accessibility, Antitrust Exemption, Health Care Reform, The "Phoenix", Affordability, Resurrecting the Public Option, Blair Conference, Health Care as a Right, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

What these fourteen senators are now proposing with the public option is health care reform's phoenix. Or, to put it another way, the final chapter on the public option has yet to be written.

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Labor Dispute Threatens the NFL (And What We Should Do About It)

Neil K. Shenai | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nfl, Super Bowl XLIV, Football, Antitrust, Antitrust Exemption, Peyton Manning, College Football, Super Bowl, Arbitration, Stadiums, Sports News
Neil K. Shenai

It's hard to think that the NFL might have peaked in its popularity. But in the wake of record-shattering ratings, the NFL will have to grapple with a potentially game-arresting labor dispute.

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Jeff Muskus

Pelosi Reignites Insurance Industry Antitrust Fight

HuffingtonPost.com | Jeff Muskus | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Health Care Reform, Antitrust Exemption, Nancy Pelosi, Politics News

While Congressional Democrats negotiate a larger fix to the Senate health care bill, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) plans to strike at the insu...

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Mr. President, Will You get Pissed off for Once?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antitrust Exemption, Health Care Reform, Annual and Lifetime Benefits, Not-for-Profit Insurance Company, Abortion Rights, Medical-Loss Ratio, Health Insurance Reform, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

I need not tell you that we are in the red zone with less than one minute to go in the game. What you need to do is get mad, get angry, even pissed off, at what you see not occurring.

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Health Care Reform -- The Battle Has Just Begun

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antitrust Exemption, The More in the Public Option, The Less It Costs, Final Push for Health Care Reform, Public Option, Health Care as a Right, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

All Americans must know that the (American) way to create competition in the private market is to have a public offering -- a choice among choices.

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The Last Hurrah to Reform Health Care

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antitrust Exemption, Senate Health Care Reform, Joe Lieberman, Pre-Existing Conditions, Abortion Amendment, Pharmaceuticals, Rahm Emanuel, Freezing Insurance Premiums, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

To use a metaphor from the great American pastime, we are all in the 9th inning, with two outs, and the bases loaded.

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Ryan Grim

Insurance Industry Antitrust Fight Headed To Conference Committee

HuffingtonPost.com | Ryan Grim | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Insurance Industry, Health Care Reform, Antitrust, Antitrust Exemption, Nelson Antitrust Exemption, Insurance Anti-Trust, Ben Nelson, Pelosi Antitrust, Ahip, American's Health Insurance Plans, McCarran Ferguson, Politics News

The insurance industry successfully fought off a Senate threat to revoke its antitrust exemption as part of health care reform, but the issue lives to...

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Health Care Reform: It Boils Down to Four Words

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Competition, Accessibility, Health Care Reform, Affordability, Antitrust-Exemption, Choice, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

Regardless of the outcome, health care reform today comes down to four simple, words: accessibility, affordability, choice, and competition. For good measure, there is also perhaps a fifth word: right,

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Health Care: Is it a Right or . . . Is It a Commodity?

Miles J. Zaremski | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Antitrust Exemption, Competition, Insurance Regulations Without Competition, Health Care as a Commodity; Public Option, Health Care as a Right, Politics News
Miles J. Zaremski

We pay for water through various governmental and municipal sources, so why not the same for health care?

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