NU Online News Service, May 11, 12:30 p.m. EDT

WASHINGTON–Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vermont, is making another attempt to end the antitrust exemption accorded health insurers through the McCarran-Ferguson Act.

Towards that end, last Wednesday, the senator introduced an amendment to financial services reform legislation now pending on the Senate floor. His measure, which now has 21 co-sponsors would be part of the Restoring Financial Stability Act of 2010 (S. 3217).

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