Provisions in health care reform legislation now being drafted in various congressional committees signal major changes in how health care is delivered in the United States–changes that will likely impact insurance agents, as well as health insurers and self-insurance groups.
Concern over the potentially broad impact to agents–as both employers and sellers of health insurance products–was evidenced by a recent "fly-in" of more than 1,000 agents and brokers to D.C. (See NU, July 20, p. 8).
Among the proposals that could shape the future of agents' roles in the health care benefits' delivery are the following:
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