Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
Sen. Husted Introduces Healthy Competition for Better Care Act to Lower Healthcare Costs
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Small businesses that provide group health plans are disproportionately harmed by anticompetitive contract clauses because they have less bargaining power than large employers. By banning these clauses, the bill could help small businesses access more competitively priced insurance plans with networks designed around quality and cost, potentially reducing their employee health coverage costs.
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
Sent to a congressional committee for expert review. The committee decides whether this bill moves forward.
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2 articlesHusted leads bill to combat anti-competitive health care practices
U.S. Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) introduced the bipartisan Healthy Competition for Better Care Act, designed to ban anticompetitive clauses in healthcare contracting. The legislation aims to create incentives for real competition to drive down costs for patients by removing market restrictions.
Employer Groups Applaud Bill that Aims to Spur Competition in Healthcare
A coalition of employer advocacy groups praised the introduction of the Healthy Competition for Better Care Act. The bill targets 'all-or-nothing' and 'anti-steering' clauses that restrict competition and drive up healthcare costs for patients and employers by limiting network flexibility.
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Congressional Bill
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Healthy Competition for Better Care Act
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