July 23, 2009 at 08:00 PM
America’s Health Insurance Plans is trying to use small doses of information to shape the current health system change debate.
AHIP, Washington, has sent reporters and others a brief e-mail noting that claims that U.S. health insurers have “windfall profits” are exaggerated.
AHIP reports that health insurers’ $21 billion in total 2006 profits amounted to only about 1% of total U.S. health care spending that year.
AHIP invites readers to learn more by visiting a blog and signing up for AHIP’s health reform Twitter feed.
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