HEALTHCARE »» HEALTHCARE »» HMO COMPETITION »» Apr 05, 2021

The only organizations exempt from the antitrust provisions of the 1945 McCarran Ferguson Act are Major League Baseball and our health maintenance organizations (HMOs). The Obamacare reforms to our healthcare industry did little to address this issue. Critics say this antiquated exemption allows health insurance companies to drive up prices, limit competition, conspire to underpay doctors and hospitals, and price gouge consumers