H.R.3897: Health Care Antitrust Improvements Act of 2002

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59 (33 Democrats, 1 Independent, 26 Republicans)

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Health Care Antitrust Improvements Act of 2002 - Delineates the relationship between the antitrust laws and negotiations between groups of health care professionals and health plans and health care insurance issuers.Applies the rule of reason standard to negotiations between a health plan and two or more physicians.Awards attorneys' fees to a substantially prevailing plaintiff in certain actions only when the defendant's conduct was...

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Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
March 7, 2002

Introduced in the House by Bob Barr (R-Ga.)

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