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http://wonkroom.thinkprogress.org/2010/06/07/insurers-support-reform/
Despite efforts to torpedo health care reform last year, health insurers are now promising to work alongside federal and state regulators to implement the new reform law and hold off efforts by progressives to re-introduce the public option or single-payer proposals.

Speaking at the CIAB’s 9th Annual Employee Benefits Leadership Forum last week, Mike Tuffin, executive VP of AHIP, implied that the industry was very happy with the final version of the bill: Health care reform is not over. This is the only the end of the beginning,” Mr. Tuffin said. “Whether we like it or not, the bill was passed. Now we must be reliable and effective implementation partners. We need to stay engaged. The single-payer and public-option supporters have not given up,” he warned.
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