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  2. Created By
    Mary Acosta
    Baldwin park, CA
About this Petition Petition Letter



America has had a pretty sweet
deal for decades.

They can pick and choose their customers and deny coverage to
anyone with any sort of pre-existing condition -- even acne.
They can get away with dropping your coverage when you get sick.

And since 1945 they have been exempt from the antitrust
regulations that apply to nearly every other industry, rules
that protect consumers from anti-competitive business practices
like price-fixing.

That's why I just sent a letter to Congress, supporting the
Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, which will
eliminate the outdated insurance industry antitrust exemption,
and force health insurance companies to compete fairly -- like
virtually every other business in America.

Please join me by sending a letter to your members of Congress
as well:

http://ga3.org/campaign/hcr_antitrust's health insurance companies

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Break Up Insurance Monopolies

Dear Representative

The McCarran-Ferguson Act of 1945 exempts health insurance companies from the antitrust regulations that apply to nearly every other industry, rules that protect consumers from anti-competitive business practices like price-fixing.

Passing health care reform with an effective public option is one key way to promote competition in the health insurance marketplace, but we must also eliminate this unjustified and unnecessary antitrust exemption currently enjoyed by insurance giants.

That's why I urge you to support the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act, S. 1681 and H.R. 3596.

This legislation, which has been introduced by Sen. Patrick Leahy in the Senate and Rep. John Conyers in the House, will eliminate the outdated insurance industry antitrust exemption, and force health insurance companies to compete fairly -- like virtually every other business in America.

Thank you for supporting S. 1681 and H.R. 3596.

[Your name]

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