Neil Crosby
VP of Public Affairs
Many members have requested a letter they can send to their clients regarding the ongoing health care reform discussion being waged at the Federal level and how we as agents and brokers can respond. Therefore, I have drafted a letter below for you to edit and use in reaching out to your clients about our perspective on these discussions. Please contact me if you have any questions at info@cahu.org.
Neil
Dear valued Client,
I know we hear news daily of the health care reform debate being waged in Congress. While so much of what comes out in the headlines is politically motivated to one side or another, we have found that the public and many of our clients are looking for the details of what all of this discussion will create. Unfortunately most of those details depend on the general provisions of any health care reform legislation that might be moved forward.
As someone involved in the health care industry as I am, and with wanting to see the best possible health care system for my clients, I am concerned about the direction that this debate has taken in Washington. I do feel some reform is needed within the system, but only if it is done in a positive, constructive manner. I do not want to see political maneuvering cause health care costs to rise even more than they are already, and I don’t want to see someone’s political agenda make health insurance more difficult for my clients to obtain and maintain.
I read that a new poll shows that 57% of Americans want Congress to stop trying to push through the currently proposed bills, and to start over with a truly bi-partisan process to create legislation that will actually help to reduce health care costs, instead of driving them higher. Apparently the currently proposed bills really don’t address the issues that are driving health care costs higher.
The poll also said that 56% of Americans want any health care reform to be addressed in a piece meal process that would ensure that changes be made in an incremental, appropriate and reasonable process, as to truly improve the health care system.
I don’t have all of the answers, and I know that we do need some reform to our health care system. But it seems to make sense to me to move forward in a more cautious, responsible manner, with changes based on facts of what will help reduce costs, rather than allowing political agendas to dictate what changes will be made.
Feel free to share this with your employees or anyone else you would like to. And if you feel strongly about this issue, whichever direction you feel it should go, please contact your representative to Congress and Senate.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
I know we hear news daily of the health care reform debate being waged in Congress. While so much of what comes out in the headlines is politically motivated to one side or another, we have found that the public and many of our clients are looking for the details of what all of this discussion will create. Unfortunately most of those details depend on the general provisions of any health care reform legislation that might be moved forward.
As someone involved in the health care industry as I am, and with wanting to see the best possible health care system for my clients, I am concerned about the direction that this debate has taken in Washington. I do feel some reform is needed within the system, but only if it is done in a positive, constructive manner. I do not want to see political maneuvering cause health care costs to rise even more than they are already, and I don’t want to see someone’s political agenda make health insurance more difficult for my clients to obtain and maintain.
I read that a new poll shows that 57% of Americans want Congress to stop trying to push through the currently proposed bills, and to start over with a truly bi-partisan process to create legislation that will actually help to reduce health care costs, instead of driving them higher. Apparently the currently proposed bills really don’t address the issues that are driving health care costs higher.
The poll also said that 56% of Americans want any health care reform to be addressed in a piece meal process that would ensure that changes be made in an incremental, appropriate and reasonable process, as to truly improve the health care system.
I don’t have all of the answers, and I know that we do need some reform to our health care system. But it seems to make sense to me to move forward in a more cautious, responsible manner, with changes based on facts of what will help reduce costs, rather than allowing political agendas to dictate what changes will be made.
Feel free to share this with your employees or anyone else you would like to. And if you feel strongly about this issue, whichever direction you feel it should go, please contact your representative to Congress and Senate.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
