Video: The End Result on Health Insurance Reform (Wasserman-Shultz-Ignani)

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http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6297743n

Karen Ignagni, President of AAHP and Rep. Debbie Wasserman-Shultz join Bob Schieffer for a discussion on insurance reform in health care.

Health Reform: Reality or Talking Points?
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2010/03/14/ftn/main6297690.shtml

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Referring to health care bills in the House of Representatives and the Senate, she said, "This is not a situation where we're saying 'no' to health reform. We're saying if it's not affordable, then we're not going to fulfill those objectives that everybody wants to see fulfilled." (Ignagni)

Congresswoman Wasserman Schultz didn't buy Ms. Ignangi's answer.

"Unfortunately the American people can pretty clearly see that the insurance industry, led by AHIP, has refused to take 'yes' for an answer," she told "Face the Nation" anchor Bob Schieffer. "We have the elements of reform that they have called for in our legislation; we don't have the elements of reform that they have opposed. Yet they still refuse to support our legislation."

She continued, "The insurance industry, led by AHIP, is carpet bombing dozens of my colleagues with ads distorting their record, lying about what the bill does, and at the end of the day it's difficult to see the difference between the actions versus their words."