Overview
Steptoe partner Scott Sinder, who heads the firm’s Government Affairs & Public Policy Group, was quoted by Insurance Business America in an article published January 14 discussing the US Supreme Court’s decision not to hear a new case filed by the Association of American Physicians and Surgeons and the Alliance for Natural Health USA. The suit would have removed the Affordable Care Act mandate that requires Americans to either purchase health insurance or receive a tax penalty.
Mr. Sinder tells Insurance Business America that agents and brokers working in the health insurance area will benefit despite the result. “At some level, brokers will always win because they’re advisors,” says Mr. Sinder. “The [Supreme Court case] will cause confusion, and employers and individuals will need guidance through the confusion. From my vantage point, that makes the broker a key player in all these discussions regardless of the case’s outcome.”
The full article can be read in Insurance Business America.
