AHIA Backs Reformation Not Replacement
For Immediate Release
Contact: Caitlin Kubler 703-770-8251, ckubler@naifa.org
January 24, 2007
FALLS CHURCH , VA — The Association of Health Insurance Advisors (AHIA), the health insurance division of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA), applauds the President’s call for reliance on the private health insurance market in his State of the Union Address.
“AHIA has long supported tax incentives for individuals and was pleased to hear the President include them in his January 23 rd address” states AHIA President, Lawrence E. Lounds, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF.
“Affordable Choices” grants designed to give states flexibility to get private health insurance to those most in need as well as the encouraged expansion of Health Saving Accounts (HSAs) were both of interest to AHIA.
“Providing Federal incentives to assist states in addressing the uninsured – especially encouraging states to re-examine expensive benefit mandates – is a favorable means of expanding affordable coverage to consumers and employers” continues Lounds.
AHIA actively supports efforts to make health insurance more affordable and accessible. AHIA continues to believe that a reformed private health care delivery system is the best means to ensure choice, quality and affordability. “Reformation not replacement is what we need” concludes Lounds.
AHIA is hopeful we can move the debate to consensus and action and looks forward to working with the Administration and Congress on improving our nation’s health care delivery system.
