1. Talking Points on Health Reform

5. If Reform Fails, Americans Concerns Focus on Insurance Companies Concern “ greatly”/“somewhat” concerned Insurance companies still drop coverage for people who are sick 89% Costs would keep skyrocketing for small businesses 88% Higher and higher premiums for working Americans 87% Fear of losing coverage if you switch jobs 87% Insurance companies still deny coverage on basis of pre-existing conditions 87% More than 30 million Americans without access to affordable coverage 76%

7. “ Common-Sense Rules of the Road” for Insurance Companies: Strongest Rebuttal to “Government Takeover” “ It isn’t government control to set new common-sense rules of the road for insurance companies to protect consumers from their abuses. The plan gives patients and doctors more control over health care decisions , not insurance companies, and cracks down on practices like denying coverage for pre-existing conditions and dropping patients when they become sick .”

13. Responding to American People Oppose: American People Want Us To… Kaiser: January Tracking Poll, 1/18/10 Elements of Reform More Likely to Support Less Likely to Support Tax Credits to Small Business 73% 11% Insurance Exchanges 67% 16% Keep What You Have 66% 10% Ban Pre-Existing Condition Denials 63% 24% Medicaid Expansion 62% 22% Dependent Coverage through 26 60% 22% Close Medicare Donut Hole 60% 21% Subsidy Assistance to individuals 57% 24%