,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cdd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bb1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,lynch introduced the following    
bill2 which was referred to the         
,committee on the ,judiciary  ,a ,,bill 
,to restore the application of the      
,federal antitrust laws to the business 
of health insurance to protect          
competition and consumers4  #a4 ,short  
title ,this ,act may be cited as the    
,competitive ,health ,insurance ,act4   
#b4 ,restoring the application of       
antitrust laws to health sector insurers
  7a7 ,amendment to ,mc,carran-,ferguson
 ,act ,section #c of the ,act of ,march 
#i1 #aide 7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #ajac71        
commonly known as the                   
,mc,carran-,ferguson ,act1 is amended by
 adding at the end the following3  7c7  
,nothing contained in this ,act shall   
modify1 impair1 or supersede the        
operation of any of the antitrust laws  
with respect to the business of health  
insurance4 ,for purposes of the         

preceding sentence1 the term antitrust  
laws has the meaning given it in        
subsection 7a7 of the first section of  
the ,clayton ,act1 except that such term
 includes section #e of the ,federal    
,trade ,commission ,act to the extent   
that such section #e applies to unfair  
methods of competition4  4  7b7 ,related
 ,provision ,for purposes of section #e 
of the ,federal ,trade ,commission ,act 
7#ae ,u4,s4,c4 #de7 to the extent such  
section applies to unfair methods of    
competition1 section #c7;c7 of the      
,mc,carran-,ferguson ,act shall apply   
with respect to the business of health  
insurance without regard to whether such
 business is carried on for profit1     
notwithstanding the definition of       
,corporation contained in section #d of 
the ,federal ,trade ,commission ,act4