Patrick Leahy actually said...

The legislation I introduced, the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, only repeals the McCarran-Ferguson exemption for what I think we would all agree are egregious violations of the antitrust laws--price fixing and bid rigging and market allocation. Why would somebody object to that?

Context

Leahy defends his legislation aimed at repealing antitrust exemptions for health insurance.

10/13/2009

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