Senate negotiators have decided not to include a provision revoking the insurance industry's anti-trust exemption in the bill leadership sends to the floor, said two Democratic aides close to the merger talks. Instead, the measure will be offered as an amendment on the Senate floor.
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The House health care bill, unveiled Thursday, includes a revocation of the exemption.
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), who makes the final decision on what goes into the bill, recently testified in favor of revoking the exemption.
This if you didn't know already, is referring to the 1945 McCarran-Ferguson Act exempts the insurance industry from anti-trust laws.
Anyway, anyone have any idea how big of a set-back this is?