Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

This bill would bar health insurers and employer group health plans from signing contracts with health care providers, provider networks, or administrators that contain certain terms. Banned terms include ones that stop a plan from steering patients to other providers or offering incentives to use specific providers, that require the plan to sign contracts with or set rates for the provider's affiliates, or that stop other plans from paying lower rates. The steering rule would not apply to certain HMOs and value-based networks, and states could exempt certain older contracts for up to 10 years. The rules would apply to contracts entered into, amended, or renewed starting 18 months after the law is enacted.

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Sponsors

• Jon Husted Republican sponsor
• 0 cosponsors