House
1. Health insurance sales across state lines: Passed, 236-175, a bill (HR 1101) that would allow small businesses to band together to form “association health plans” qualified to sell policies across state lines free of Affordable Care Act requirements.
A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.
2. Mandatory coverage of opioid treatments: Defeated, 179-233, a Democratic motion requiring that association health plans established under HR 1101 (above) cover opioid abuse and other forms of drug addiction.
A yes vote was to adopt the motion.
3. Health insurance antitrust laws: Passed, 416-7, a bill (HR 372) that would end the health-insurance industry’s 72-year exemption from federal antitrust laws under the McCarran-Ferguson Act.
A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.