Analysis — Insurers’ ‘friends’ will influence public option debate in Conn.

By Wendell Potter

Health insurers in Connecticut will call on some of their longtime allies to help turn the public and state lawmakers against the idea of cr

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health Benefits Coalition":

"… . The industry hired Porter Novelli to create a front group it named the Health Benefits Coalition, and to lead a fear-mongering campaign in an attempt to make Americans fea …"

Analysis – The ‘Front Group’ hall of shame

By Wendell Potter

Today is the day health insurers and their allies plan to launch their brand new front group the Choice and Competition Coalition.

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health Benefits Coalition":

"… s success in the 1990s and early 2000s creating the front group called the Health Benefits Coalition, funded primarily by health insurers, to make sure Congress did not pass a …"

ANALYSIS: A new affront group

By Wendell Potter

Insurers want to define "essential benefits" their way, not your's

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health Benefits Coalition":

"… eration of Independent Business (NFIB) — set up a front group called the Health Benefits Coalition. Back then, the industry’s target was the Patient’s Bill of Rights, wh …"

"… letterhead. Most of the money to carry out the PR and lobbying work of the Health Benefits Coalition would come from a handful of big insurance firms and their trade groups. I …"

"… ance premiums, well they skyrocketed anyway.Remembering the success of the Health Benefits Coalition, the insurance industry last month brought it out of storage, rechristened …"

"… torage, rechristened it and gave it a new mission. It is now the Essential Health Benefits Coalition, and its goal is to persuade the Obama administration to allow insurers an …"

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OPINION: 'Disrupt' the new buzzword of Obamacare opponents

By Wendell Potter

OPINION: 'Disrupt' is the new buzzword of Obamacare opponents

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health Benefits Coalition":

"… those same groups in another insurance-industry funded front group — the Health Benefits Coalition — that employed the same tactics a decade ago when insurers were trying …"

"… efusing to pay for needed care, would cause premiums to skyrocket.Like the Health Benefits Coalition, which was operated out of the offices of a Washington PR firm, the Stop T …"

OPINION: the behind-the-scenes battle that could subvert Obamacare

By Wendell Potter

Battle over stop-loss coverage could eliminate consumer protections

Excerpts from this story referencing "Health Benefits Coalition":

"… ng. AHIP and a handful of big insurers bankrolled a front group called the Health Benefits Coalition to block a patients’ bill of rights that enjoyed bipartisan Congressiona …"

"… t, Dan Danner—who was the group’s chief lobbyist at the time—was the Health Benefits Coalition’s lead spokesman.More recently, the NFIB has been playing a similar role …"