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Doing Business in a "Reformed" Market

March 24, 2010 - 5:28 PM

As some of may you know, I have been actively engaged over the past year in a lobby effort in Washington to protect brokers and general agencies ability to do business in a “reformed” health insurance market. We won some points and lost a few, but overall brokers and general agents will play a significant role in the sales and service of health insurance. The first step in that role is to understand the reforms happening. In that effort, I have compiled some of the key points that we know today.

Author: Bernard DiFiore
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Bill and Reconciliation Package Passes House

March 22, 2010 - 4:39 PM

Late last night, the health care bill and the reconciliation passed the House. The next step will be for the Senate-passed health care bill to go to the President’s desk, while the reconciliation bill, which passed with 220 votes, now heads to the Senate for debate. Republicans also had a vote in to recommit the bill, but that lost 199-232.

Author: Bernard DiFiore
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Congressional Budget Office Releases New Numbers

March 19, 2010 - 2:45 PM

Late Thursday, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released their new numbers. The bill is expected to cost $940 billion over the next 10 years and supposedly will cut the deficit by $138 billion during the first decade and another $1.2 trillion the following decade.

Author: Michael Gomes
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New Poll by Investor's Business Daily- 45% of Doctors Would Consider Quitting if Reform Bill Passes

March 18, 2010 - 12:53 PM

Two of every three practicing physicians oppose the medical overhaul plan under consideration in Washington, and hundreds of thousands would think about shutting down their practices or retiring early if it were adopted, a new IBD/TIPP Poll has found.

Author: BenefitMall
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