Servicemember Student Loan Interest Relief Act

H.R. 4626, H.R. 3596 and S.1681legislation to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson exemption from the federal antitrust laws now enjoyed by the insurance industry. H.R. 3956, as amended, which is included in H.R. 3962, is a repeal with safe harbors for health and medical malpractice insurers and S. 1681 is a straight repeal of the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health and medical malpractice insurers, minus the safe harbors. The ABA supports H.R. 3596 with the safe harbors. ABA is represented on the HHS HRQ National Advisory Council Subcommittee. The Council is developing criteria for awarding demonstration program patient safety and medical liability grant from HHS. ABA met with Council Subcommittee and met with HRQ director to give its views on the Patient Safety and Medical Liability Reform Demonstration grants-- ABA supports pilot programs in the area of near-misses- type medical errors. H.R. 2641, Workers Compensation Medicare set-aside legislation-- H.R. 2541 would establish clear criteria for when a Workers Compensation Medicare set-aside should be reviewed; create certainty regarding the rules for establishing a Medicare set-aside; provide certainty to state-approved settlements; and reduce the delays now disrupting Workers Compensation programs across the country. Provisions in early version of H.R. 3200, America's Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009, to pre-empt a portion of the states medical liability laws and to create health courts in which medical liability cases would be removed on a mandatory basis from the state court system. ABA opposes. S. 512 and H.R. 1237, the Fairness in Nursing Home Arbitration Act of 2009 would amend the Federal Arbitration Act (FAA) to invalidate mandatory binding pre-dispute arbitration clauses in agreements between long-term care facilities and residents ABA supports with amendments. S. 537 and H.R. 1508, the Sunshine in Litigation Act of 2009. H. R. 4796, the Medicare Secondary Payer Enhancement Act of 2010.ABA is studying, does not yet have policy.

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