Article: Agents oppose government-sponsored health care; Association of Health Insurance Advisors worries it would lead to nationalized system.

Byline: Sara Hansard

As Congress starts to take up health care reform, a group representing health insurance agents is voicing its dissent over President Obama's call for universal health insurance.

Specifically, the Association of Health Insurance Advisors, which is a part of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors, is opposed to having a government-sponsored health plan as an option within any health care reform plan passed by Congress. Such a plan would represent a major step down the road toward a single-payer, government-run health care system, the Falls Church, Va.-based group said.

In explaining the AHIA's ...

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