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Court examines duty to defend funeral homes accused of participation in organ harvesting
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- USA
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- December 23 2009
A federal judge in Pennsylvania recently examined whether an insurer must defend a crematorium and funeral home against several lawsuits alleging that they participated in an organ harvesting scheme
Partial repeal of McCarran-Ferguson Act dropped from Senate Health Reform Bill
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- USA
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- December 21 2009
Media reports indicate that Senator Patrick Leahy’s (D-VT) amendment to repeal the antitrust exemption under the McCarran-Ferguson Act for health insurers and medical malpractice insurers, has been removed from the latest version of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (H.R. 3590
Repeal of antitrust exemption gains traction as House and Senate Democrats reconcile healthcare reform bills
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- USA
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- January 8 2010
U.S. House Representatives Peter DeFazio, (D-OR) and Gene Taylor (D-MS) drafted a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) in support of repealing the antitrust exemption under the McCarran Ferguson Act for health insurers and medical liability insurers
Scottish Court rejects insurers' challenge over compensation for pleural plaques
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- United Kingdom
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- January 13 2010
The Scottish Court has upheld legislation that maintains the right to compensation for pleural plaques sufferers in Scotland
Supreme Court of Canada considers the meaning of 'accident' under a group policy
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- Canada
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- January 22 2010
In the case of Co-operators Life Insurance v Gibbens, 2009 SCC 59, the insured contracted herpes through unprotected sex and, as a result, developed transverse myelitis, a rare complication of herpes, which left him paralysed from the waist down
Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate February 1, 2010
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- USA
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- February 1 2010
Healthcare reform efforts remained in flux last week, as President Obama sought to repackage his party's priorities in the wake of the shocking Republican victory in Massachusetts on January 19
Ninth Circuit: automobile insurer did not engage in bad faith by refusing to pre-authorize treatment under PIP coverage
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- USA
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- February 2 2010
In Sadler v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company, No. 08-35859 (9th Cir. Nov. 4, 2009), the insureds sued their insurer for bad faith, among other claims, arising from their insurer’s refusal to pre-authorize surgery under the personal injury protection (“PIP”) provision of the automobile insurance policy
Last week in DC: the healthcare reform debate March 29, 2010
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- USA
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- March 29 2010
Healthcare reform's long and often bumpy journey through Congress came to a close last week, as President Obama signed into law the 2,000 page legislation that will overhaul the nation's healthcare system
Impact of the election on healthcare reform
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- USA
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- November 8 2010
The November 2 midterm congressional elections resulted in a change in leadership in the House of Representatives, where Republicans are poised to take control of the chamber when the 112th Congress convenes in early January 2011
Healthcare law faces legal challenges
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- USA
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- December 20 2010
On December 13, U.S. District Court Judge Henry E. Hudson struck down a key component of the new healthcare reform law (Public Laws 111-148 and 111-152) the individual mandate that all Americans have health insurance coverage
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