ProPublica exposed the hidden cash and gifts health insurers pay to influence Iindependent brokers in a February article, which included commentary by CBH
Research Director Eric Campbell, PhD.  Reporter Marshall Allen's findings
prompted Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., chairman of the Health, Education,
Labor and Pensions Committee, and Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., to include new
disclosure requirements for brokers in a sweeping health care legislation proposal.
The draft bill, known as the Lower Health Care Costs Act, also takes on surprise
medical bills, high drug prices and other public health problems.