Trustee Elections
These are the original issues in this subcategory
- UNIVERSAL CORONAVIRUS VACCINE
- UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE
- HMO COMPETITION
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
- I oppose reforming current HMO competition policy and wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Speaker Nancy Pelosi (CA).
- I support reducing the scope of the McCarran Ferguson Act’s antitrust exemption which currently provides health insurers with an exemption from the federal antitrust laws by:
1.) Restoring the application of federal anti-trust and competition laws to the health insurance industry.
2.) Repealing the exemption and giving the Justice Dept. and the FTC authority to apply antitrust laws to anticompetitive behavior by HMOs without affecting the ability of each state to regulate these businesses.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
- I support reducing the scope of the McCarran Ferguson Act’s antitrust exemption which currently provides health insurers with an exemption from the federal antitrust laws by:
1.) Restoring the application of federal anti-trust and competition laws to the health insurance industry.
2.) Repealing the exemption and giving the Justice Dept. and the FTC authority to apply antitrust laws to anticompetitive behavior by HMOs without affecting the ability of each state to regulate these businesses.
And wish to donate resources to the campaign committee of Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR) and/or to an advocate group currently working with this issue.
There has been $0.00 pledged in support of this issue
Trustee Election - Opening Date
April 19, 2021
Trustee Election - Closing Date
April 26, 2021