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On the recordJanuary 19, 2011
I would like to just add for your consideration my recommendations that we review, in connection with health care, the antitrust exemption that health insurance companies enjoy, the McCarran-Ferguson exemption, and that the Sunshine Litigation Act that ensures and prevents secret settlements from being used to endanger the public safety or shield those who may be guilty of fraudulent acts, including the medical community, that, in turn, would protect all patients and protect professionally responsible doctors from abuse of claims of wrongdoing.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan

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Conyers advocates for reviewing health care antitrust exemptions and protecting patients from fraudulent acts.

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