Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] [Congressional Bills 118th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [S. 1451 Introduced in Senate (IS)] <DOC> 118th CONGRESS 1st Session S. 1451 To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES May 4, 2023 Mr. Braun (for himself and Ms. Baldwin) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To ban anticompetitive terms in facility and insurance contracts that limit access to higher quality, lower cost care. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Healthy Competition for Better Care Act''. SEC. 2. BANNING ANTICOMPETITIVE TERMS IN FACILITY AND INSURANCE CONTRACTS THAT LIMIT ACCESS TO HIGHER QUALITY, LOWER COST CARE. (a) In General.-- (1) PHSA.--Section 2799A-9 of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 300gg-11…