H.R.6248

Healthy Competition for Better Care Act

Introduced·11/21/25

Healthy Competition for Better Care Act bans anticompetitive terms in health insurance contracts.

The Healthy Competition for Better Care Act aims to prevent anticompetitive agreements between health insurance plans and providers. It prohibits contracts that restrict insurers from directing patients to non-contracted providers or offering incentives for specific providers. Exceptions are made for certain value-based network arrangements. The Act also mandates regulations to enforce these provisions, ensuring insurers maintain flexibility in network design and cost initiatives.

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History

Nov 21, 2025

House

Introduced in House

Nov 21, 2025

House

Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Workforce, and Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.