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Then he touched his temple. “Your Lords-ship, †he said, “Captain McCarran here. †“Pirate!
365 tomorrows » 2007 » May : A New Free Flash Fiction SciFi Story Every Day 2007
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McCarran is the fifth - busiest airport in the country, with over 44 million travelers passing through annually.
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McCarran is the fifth - busiest airport in the country, with over 44 million travelers passing through annually.
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Now there's a movement afoot to repeal this extraordinary law, called the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) testified recently, "has been damaging to the American economy."
Joanne Doroshow: Medical Malpractice Insurers: Time to End Their License to Gouge 2009
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He testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee for the repeal of something called the McCarran-Ferguson Act. It protects the insurance industry from antitrust rules.
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Basically, if they were to repeal this law, which is called the McCarran-Ferguson Act, Wolf, it would be a devastating blow to the health insurance industry, cut into their profits, definitely something that this powerful industry would not want to see.
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No one said total visitors down 15\% ... the key word McCarran traffic down 15\%.
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Now there\'s a movement afoot to repeal this extraordinary law, called the McCarran-Ferguson Act, which Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) testified recently, \ "has been damaging to the American economy.
Joanne Doroshow: Medical Malpractice Insurers: Time to End Their License to Gouge 2009
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More to the point, the reason states are allowed to pass these laws without offending the Commerce Clause is that the McCarran-Ferguson Act more or less leaves regulation of insurance up to the states.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Charles Fried on the Constitutionality of the Health Care Mandate 2010
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Is he suggesting that it would be unconstitutional for the federal government to repeal the McCarran-Ferguson Act and start regulating insurance?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Charles Fried on the Constitutionality of the Health Care Mandate 2010
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