Dear Friend,

Yesterday Senator Harry Reid, Senator Chuck Schumer and I announced plans to introduce the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act as an amendment to the Senate's final health care reform bill. Every Senator will soon have an opportunity to put people before profits by voting to end the out-dated antitrust exemption for insurance companies.

That means I need your help to make sure every U.S. Senator hears from their constituents.

Please forward a message to your Senators today, urging them to vote "Yea" on the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act amendment to the health care reform bill.

President Obama's weekly address to the nation on Saturday highlighted some of the insurance industry's deceiving tactics I told you about last week, aimed at derailing reform. The President also offered his support for our efforts to review what he called the insurance industry's "privileged exception from our antitrust laws."

I hope you'll take a few minutes to watch President Obama's remarks:

Click here to watch President Obama's full remarks and urge your Senators to support the Health Insurance Industry Antitrust Enforcement Act amendment to the health care reform bill.

With your support -- and with the President backing our efforts -- I am hopeful we can finally force insurance companies to compete for customers like virtually every other business in America.

Thank you.

Sincerely,

Patrick Leahy
U.S. Senator