NU Online News Service, Feb. 9, 1:55 p.m. EST

Sen. Johnny Isakson, R-Ga., says efforts are under way to attach legislation exempting insurance agents from the medical loss ratio (MLR) provision of the healthcare reform law to another bill working its way through the Senate.

Isakson said at theWashingtonmeeting of the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (The Council) that attaching the legislation to something already on the Senate floor "…is the best way to pass things in the Senate."

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