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This morning during the General Session Breakfast at the Big “I” Legislative Conference, Spencer Houldin, Big “I” chairman, addressed where the association stands.

As an independent thinker, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-West Virginia) is a rarity in Washington, D.C.—and he uses his unique status to fight partisan extremes that too often prevent progress on the Hill.

When making policy decisions about complex topics like health care and tax reform, Rep. Joe Kennedy (D-Massachusetts) believes independent agents help “make it real” for legislators.

Sen. Heller is at the center of many Big “I” priorities on Capitol Hill, including efforts to reauthorize the NFIP, reform the tax code, repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, and more.

President Trump’s comprehensive tax reform plan contains numerous differences from the tax plan recently released by congressional Republican leadership.

Prior to his career in public service, Sen. Gardner (R-Colorado) was a legislative aide, a practicing attorney and an employee at the hardware store his family owned and operated in the small town of Yuma, Colorado.

The rule changes special enrollment periods, the annual open enrollment period, guaranteed availability, network adequacy rules, essential community providers and actuarial value requirements.

The Big “I” submitted a comment letter suggesting that the Department of Labor update the economic impact analysis of the fiduciary rule to take into account the value of personalized retirement advice.

For the first time in 20 months, average commercial insurance rates measured a slight increase, according to the now quarterly MarketScout pricing survey.

The rule was originally set to take effect this Monday, April 10. Now, it will not begin to take effect before Friday, June 9.