Negotiators mull public option in health care bill
The Associated Press - Oct 23, 2009
...Varney also said that repeal of current exemptions covering the industry would "allow competition to have a greater role in reforming health and medical malpractice insurance markets than would otherwise be the case."...

Democrats push to end insurers' antitrust exemption
National Public Radio - Oct 23, 2009
..."Repealing the McCarran-Ferguson Act would allow competition to have a greater role in reforming health and medical malpractice insurance markets than would otherwise be the case," she said. Varney's assertion was roundly rejected by University of Arkansas business professor Lawrence Powell, who testified on behalf of the medical malpractice insurance industry...

Controversial tort reform looming
Tulsa Business, OK - Oct 22, 2009
...Changes deal with capping damages on medical malpractice suits, codifying summary judgment rules, and providing for determining the validity of class action suits...