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Insurance agents play a “big role” in making sure Congressional legislation comes out the way it does, two members of the House told the National Association of Health Underwriters Capitol Conference Tuesday.
“You have to pay attention to what’s going on around you … it is incumbent on you all to show up,” said Rep. Kurt Schrader (D-Ore.), adding that for insurance agents PPACA represents a “double dose” as it affects agents as small businessmen and woman and as families.
Kalish is a fomer managing editor of SourceMedia’s Employee Benefits Group.
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Public opinion of the ACA’s excise tax has shifted decisively, as premiums and out-of-pocket costs have soared.
“I do have a lot of long-term worries about erosion of the employer providing group health insurance,” says one consultant.
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