Examiner Editorial: Insurance lobby hoisted by its own petard

In December 2008, just after Barack Obama was first elected president, the insurance industry lobby group AHIP offered what it termed a “comprehensive reform proposal” aimed at combating critics who saw the industry as a leading obstacle to overhauling the health care system. Though the industry did not ultimately support the passage of the final version of the health care law (citing its lack of cost containment), insurers did not actively fight against the legislation as they did during President Clinton’s health care push.