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Pittsburgh Association of Health Underwriters
"Insuring A Healthy America"
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2007 Spring Day On The Hill - DETAILS PAHU Spring
Day On The Hill PRINT Registration Form - Details S.O.S. Save Our System PAHU Day on the Hill April 24, 2007 In your lifetime, you have an opportunity to make a real difference only every so often. Now is one of those times! Now, you have an opportunity … and an obligation to yourself, your industry, and the customers who depend on you. Governor Rendell has proposed at least 47 initiatives that will dramatically reshape the individual and small group health insurance market and the health care system that exists now. Proposed reforms have the potential of making your book of business disappear because it means a bigger role for the state and a diminished role for you. By sitting on the sidelines, not getting involved, you let others carry your water. You lose by not being a player. You lose as a taxpayer, but more important, you stand to lose your livelihood as some want to move closer to a single payer system that will not utilize agents. Others demand their perceived entitlement of government-sponsored health care. Their voice is heard by the legislators loud and clear. Is Your Voice Being Heard? Here’s the deal. We need support from more than the usual brokers who make their voices heard for all of us so we can make money. We need a larger presence in Harrisburg now! Most of us in the industry are hard workers. We naturally focus first on our own day to day business, and not on the legislative side. But we need to understand that our business is the legislature’s business. Bottom line is that to be able work on your business means that you have to have a business to work AND a private sector system of health insurance. The choice is yours. Prepare an exit strategy for your business or support “Day on the Hill” on April 24, 2007. It Is That Important! Scott Crane PAHU, Legislative Chairman PRINT Registration Form - Details Dear PGH-AHU Member: If you were in attendance at our chapter event last Wednesday you heard first hand the details of Governor Rendell’s “Cover All Pennsylvanians” proposal. A very notable detail was the confirmation that there is no intention of having insurance agents market/distribute the product. This is hardly a surprise but it nonetheless confirms the belief that so-called “Universal Healthcare” proposals are not going to be agent friendly. Do you think the Cover All Pennsylvanians proposal is a good one? Do you have alternatives that you believe we should be considering? Do you think CAP has the potential to hurt your business? If so, it would be highly advisable for you to consider coming to this State Day on the Hill! The actual registrations are being handled through Vince Phillips’ office. However, I need to know who is going as soon as possible so that I can begin work on making hotel and dinner reservations for the night of Monday April 23rd. Depending on the number of people who commit to attending I may also need to coordinate transportation arrangements. Please let me know your intentions as soon as possible. It will be easy to make excuses for not attending. It is likely Highmark’s July renewal rates will be released by then and we will all be getting geared up for busy season. I am on vacation the week prior so the timing of this event stinks for me. I’ve got two little kids and a spouse who works full-time. I have a very important presentation on Thursday the 26th. Most importantly, I may have to miss a Pens playoff game! Folks, this will be my 6th straight State Day trip, all of which I have coordinated. Step up to the plate and join me and some of our other dedicated members for a great event. You don’t need to have any past lobbying experience to be effective, just a belief in our system and a passion to improve it. Thanks in advance for your support! Doug Moore PGH-AHU Legislative Chair PRINT Registration Form - Details
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