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Consumer Watchdog
President Obama, Sens. Kennedy & Baucus: Don't Buy Insurer 'Compromise' for Bush-era Plan to Gut State Consumer Protection Laws
May 30th, 2009
President Obama and U.S. Senate health care reform leaders must not override state consumer protection laws as suggested by health insurers last week, a move long-supported by insurers and the Bush Administration, said Consumer Watchdog in a letter to the president and senators. The hard-fought state laws enacted in nearly every state over the last 10 years were made necessary because Congress failed to enact Patients' Bill of Rights legislation. Download Consumer Watchdog's letter here: http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/resources/ltrObamaKennedyBaucus.pdf Keywords: Consumer Watchdog, Health Insurance. This article was prepared by...
Source: Law & Health Weekly (2009-05-30)
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