Tell Your Senators: Vote NO on the HIMMA/Enzi Bill

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Tell Your Senators: Vote NO on the HIMMA/Enzi Bill

Lots of fact sheets etc here:
http://www.familiesusa.org/issues/private-insurance/enzi/

S. 1955, the Health Insurance Marketplace Modernization Act (HIMMA), was introduced by Senator Michael Enzi (R-WY) and has been approved by the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee. This legislation, if enacted, will strip away almost all state-enacted consumer protections for people buying insurance individually or through their employers.

Though the bill’s alleged purpose is to make insurance affordable for small businesses, its reach is far greater than that: States will no longer be able to mandate coverage of benefits, services, or categories of providers for individuals, small groups, or large groups. Premium rating protections, enacted by states to make small group insurance more affordable to older and sicker workers, will be set aside. Insurers will be allowed to sue states that do not comply. The bill sets a ceiling on, but no floor under, what states can do to protect insurance consumers.

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1. This needs calls now on....DiFi opposes, Boxer hasn't stated yet

Call Boxer's local offices..impossible to get through
to DC.

SF office - 415 403-0100
LA office - 213 894-5000

at least they answer the phone there.

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2. kick