Big “I” Disappointed with
house health Care Bill

WASHINGTON—The Independent Insurance Agents &

Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”), has expressed its

disappointment with the Democratic Health Care Reform

Bill that was passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.

Revisionism “Just last week, the House Democratic Leadership unveiled a 1,990 page bill that was touted as the byproduct of months of negotiations between House Democratic Leadership and members of the moderate and more liberal factions of their caucus, yet the ‘revised’ bill closely resembles the original bill,” says Robert Rusbuldt, Big “I” president & CEO. “The Big ‘I’ is greatly disappointed that after months of negotiations, hearings, votes and debate in three House committees

we seem to be back on square one: a bad bill that includes a ‘public option’ and deprives the American people of true choices in their health care.”

The Biggest Losers

“The House passed a bill that includes a government-run health insurance plan (‘public option’) that would unfairly compete with the private insurance marketplace, limit consumer choice, and increase the taxpayer burden,” says Charles Symington, Big “I” senior vice president of government affairs. “This bill picks winners and losers, and small businesses and health care consumers are the biggest losers today.”

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NAPSLO Notes—

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