Julian Pecquet writes in the Healthwatch section of TheHill.com - “Insurance agents and brokers, afraid of being rendered irrelevant in the post-health reform world of simplified insurance shopping, are fighting for their very survival.

The agents want lawmakers’ and regulators’ support in getting the Obama administration to recognize their role in the federal insurance Web portal, which lets consumers compare coverage options online.

They’ve also been making their case to the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC), which is tasked with ironing out the details of many of the insurance market reforms required by the healthcare law.”

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