PolitiFact | America's Health Insurance Plans

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AHIP is a trade group representing the health insurance industry.

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America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on March 11, 2010 in an advertisement:

"Health insurance companies' costs are only 4 percent of all health care spending."

By Louis Jacobson • March 12, 2010
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on October 15, 2009 in a televison advertisement:

Seniors with coverage under Medicare Advantage will give up "more than their share" because of health care reform

By Louis Jacobson • October 16, 2009
America's Health Insurance Plans
stated on August 27, 2009 in CNN's Lou Dobbs Tonight:

"Every survey shows strong satisfaction with private coverage."

By Louis Jacobson • September 1, 2009

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