Sanders, Leahy praise health care bill
The Burlington Free Press, VT - Nov 20, 2009
...Leahy said he was mostly pleased with the bill but will seek to add an amendment to end the antitrust exemption for health and medical malpractice carriers. “Momentum continues to build for including this repeal in the final plan,” Leahy said...

Opinion - John Agnew: What it is like to be sued for malpractice - a harsh experience
The News-Press, Fort Myers, FL - Nov 20, 2009
...The medical associations will suggest that all suits are frivolous, while the trial lawyers will suggest that all are serious and warranted. As usual, the truth lies somewhere in between...

Senate health bill: Antitrust lurks in the wings
National Underwriter, Hoboken, NJ - Nov 19, 2009
...“The attempt to set aside McCarran-Ferguson protections continues to be a ruse for distracting attention from much needed tort reform, which is not addressed in a meaningful way by the Senate bill,” Smarr says...

Industry groups: The Reid bill won't work
National Underwriter, Hoboken, NJ - Nov 19, 2009
...The bill includes many restrictions on insurers, such as a provision that would make all health insurance rate increases subject to state review, but it does not include any kind of medical malpractice reform, NAIFA says...