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John Conyers: “No casualty insurance, no other kind of insurance but the one plainly listed in a two-page bill. So my confidence in the…”

On the recordFebruary 24, 2010
No casualty insurance, no other kind of insurance but the one plainly listed in a two-page bill. So my confidence in the courts is unrestricted that they can get this right. The lack of a statutory definition is intended solely to give the courts the ability to ensure that all forms of health insurance are appropriately included so that unreasonable and artificial distinctions do not arise between two essentially equivalent kinds of insurance products and how they are treated under antitrust laws. I am glad that the gentleman raised this issue in the hearings.
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John Conyers
Democratic · Michigan
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Feb 24, 2010

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Conyers discusses the importance of including all forms of health insurance in antitrust law.

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