Insurers' exemption is said to boost costs
Philadelphia Inquirer, PA - Oct 15, 2009
...Varney, head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, told the Senate Judiciary Committee that ending the exemption would "allow competition to have a greater role in reforming health and medical malpractice insurance markets." ...

Dems vs. insurance industry, Round II
The Washington Independent, DC - Oct 15, 2009
...But a 1945 law, called the McCarran-Ferguson Act, carves out an exception for health and medical malpractice insurers, which instead are regulated by states...

Drop health insurer antitrust exemption, top Dems. urge
National Underwriter, Hoboken, NJ - Oct 14, 2009
...The legislation in both chambers would repeal the antitrust exemption accorded health insurers and medical malpractice insurers through McCarran-Ferguson. It was recently introduced by Sen. Leahy and Rep. John Conyers, D-Mich., chairman of the House Judiciary Committee...

Editorial: Health bill: Now the real dealing begins
The Gazette, Colorado Springs, CO - Oct 14, 2009
...Tort reform, putting a lid on medical malpractice awards, would be one approach. Allowing people to buy insurance across state lines would be another...

Opinion - Robert P. Charrow: Fighting defensive medicine
Washington Post, DC - Oct 14, 2009
...if Congress cannot wait for the results of these studies before legislating, I recommend that it require any insurer providing policies as a health-insurance co-op to offer health insurance with two premium levels: one with an ordinary premium, and a second parallel policy with a significantly lower premium. Those buying the lower premium policies would waive their right to tort litigation...