Rep. Arrington Introduces Bipartisan Healthy Competition for Better Care Act to Lower Healthcare Costs
This bill is sitting in three different House committees and has not moved since November 2025. Because no action has occurred in seven months, the bill is considered stalled. It must be reviewed by these committees before it can move forward in the legislative process.
The bill has support from both parties and addresses high medical costs, but it will likely face strong pushback from large hospital systems that benefit from current rules.
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Many union members receive health coverage through employer-sponsored group health plans governed by ERISA. This bill amends ERISA to ban anticompetitive contract terms, which could give union health trusts and multi-employer plans more power to negotiate better rates and steer members toward higher-value providers. This could translate to improved benefits or lower member contributions over time.
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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The article advocates for passing the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act to prohibit anticompetitive contract terms like anti-steering and all-or-nothing clauses. It notes the bill could save nearly $5 billion by allowing insurers to challenge dominant hospital systems' market power.
Policymakers are focusing on the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, reintroduced in November 2025, to ban anti-competitive provider contract terms. The legislation targets practices that prevent payers from designing health plans that incentivize the use of lower-cost providers.
Senator Jon Husted introduced the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act to ban anticompetitive clauses in healthcare contracts. The bill aims to remove 'all-or-nothing' and 'anti-steering' clauses that force insurers to include expensive hospitals and prevent access to lower-cost providers.
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Document Type
Congressional Bill
Official Title
Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
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