NAIFA GovAlert

Date: December 8, 2009
Subject: Oppose Leahy Amendment / Shape Health Reform

Email your Senators to weigh in on critical issues yet to be decided in the Senate health reform debate. Specifically ask your Senators to:

  • Oppose Senator Leahy's amendment to repeal long-standing provisions of the McCarran-Ferguson Act with respect to health and medical malpractice insurance (SA 2795)
  • Support Agent amendments that will allow consumers access to professional advice by licensed, fairly compensated agents (HHS Secretary should NOT be allowed to set commission rate schedules)
  • Support amendments to remove the CLASS program from the bill
  • Support amendments to eliminate a government-run health plan

Urge your friends and colleagues to have their voices heard. Remember to complete the Tell-a-Friend feature after you email your Senators!

Reason Action Is Urgently Needed: The Senate is debating its version of health reform right now.  The debate is covering a wide variety of issues and amendments. To date 165 amendments have been filed, 110 from Democrats and 55 from Republicans. This is our opportunity to address critical issues since any bill passed by the Senate will be the starting place for conferees reconciling the final Senate bill with the House-passed bill H.R. 3962 . View NAIFA's side-by-side comparison of the bills and NAIFA principles.

Health care reform should be about expanding access to affordable health services - not about imposing new laws that would increase litigation, increase premiums and leave consumers with limited access to professional advice.

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