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Thinkpad (AXcess News) Washington - Following the the release of a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report which finds that a handful of large carriers dominate the small group insurance market, Senators Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME), Christopher Bond (R-MO) and James Talent (R-MO) called on their colleagues in the Senate to pass Association Health Plan (AHP) legislation to bring competition, and ultimately lower costs, to markets dominated by just a few large companies.

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Microsoft "The GAO's report underscores what many of us have been saying for years: small businesses are trapped in insurance markets that force many businesses not to offer health insurance for their employees," said Snowe. "All small businesses are looking for is the same bargaining power that large employers and union employers already have - by joining together in AHPs, they will be able to purchase health insurance at lower rates through bulk purchasing power. AHPs represent a fair, fiscally sound, and tested approach to reducing ranks of America's 45 million uninsured."

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Laptop Computers "For the sake of small businesses throughout this country, their employees, and their families we must pass AHP legislation. This report exposes yet another compelling reason why we must act now and bring fortune 500 health care to small business," said Senator Kit Bond.

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Laptop Computer "This report reaffirms what we already know: small businesses are a target rich environment for the big insurance companies," said Senator Jim Talent. "Without competition, small business men and women who offer health insurance to their workers have two choices when facing higher health care costs: pay or drop the coverage. It's no wonder two-thirds of the uninsured either own a small business, work for one or are dependent on someone who does. The Senate could end this unfairness by allowing small businesses to join together nationally through their trade associations to sponsor health insurance."

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Desktop Computer Snowe's Small Business Health Fairness Act, cosponsored by Bond and Talent, would allow small businesses to pool together nationally, through trade associations, and either purchase their health insurance from a provider or self insure in the same way that large employers and unions currently do. Studies by the General Accounting Office and the Congressional Budget Office have found that AHPs operate with between 13 percent and 30 percent lower administrative costs.

Notebooks The bill also includes extensive new protections to safeguard national AHPs from the current epidemic of fraud and abuse that is occurring through sham trade associations that take money from unsuspecting small businesses and then are either unable or unwilling to pay claims filed by subscribers. AHPs would be closely monitored and regulated by the Department of Labor's Employee Benefits Security Administration in the same way that the Labor Department currently oversees health plans covering 78 million people.

Lenovo Last month, the Kaiser Family Foundation found that only 47 percent of the smallest companies - 3 to 9 workers - offer health benefits, as compared to over 90 percent of firms with 50 workers or more. The percentage of all small businesses - defined as 3 to 199 employees - that offer health insurance benefits has steadily declined - from 68 percent in 2000 to 59 percent in 2004.

Hard Drive In May, Snowe, Bond and Talent requested that the GAO follow-up on a 2002 report on the number and market share of carriers in the small group health insurance market. GAO's latest report found that the market share of the largest small group carriers has significantly increased since 2002, and highlights in detail how small businesses have extremely limited or no choices when shopping for health insurance for their employees. The GAO found that the five largest carriers in the small group market, when combined, represented three-quarters or more of the market in 26 of the 34 states supplying information, and they represented 90 percent or more in 12 of these states.

Travelstar To access the GAO report, go to: http://www.gao.gov

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