Sen. Patrick Leahy (D-VT) announced today that he will introduce an amendment to the Senate health care reform bill that will repeal the anti-trust exemption granted to health insurers.
“This amendment will prohibit the most egregious anticompetitive conduct – price fixing, bid rigging and market allocations – conduct that harms consumers, raises health care costs, and for which there is no justification,” Leahy said in a statement. Leahy had also introduced a separate bill repealing the exemption in September.
The House version of the bill also has a provision to end the exemption.
