Action

Small Business Health Plan Legislation:

Call For Action

Prepare to Make Your Voice Heard

May 2, 2005

Very soon, Congress will vote on legislation that will determine if small businesses and self-employed workers – including REALTORS® – will be able to get access to quality health insurance. The legislation would allow small businesses to enroll in the same kind of health care plans enjoyed by large corporations and unions.

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® supports such access.

The NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS® is calling for action (CFA) to its members to encourage the U.S. Senate to move forward on the Small Business Health Fairness Act.

Leveraging the strength of more than one million members, NAR carries a lot of political clout, enabling you to reach the key decision-makers in Congress. However, before your voice can be heard on Capitol Hill, you need to act.

The Step You Need to Take Now to Affect Change

To give voice to a million members and create effective, targeted grassroots action, NAR has created the NAR Action Center. As an NAR member, you have the opportunity to register and join fellow REALTORS® in affecting change at the grassroots level.

Once registered at the NAR Action Center, you can let your voice be heard by contacting your senators regarding S.406, the Small Business Health Fairness Act, sponsored by Reps. Olympia Snowe (R-ME) and Robert Byrd (D-WV). You'll be able to send your senators an online letter – directly from the NAR Action Center – urging them to support the Small Business Health Fairness Act. You can also encourage other REALTORS® to take action by e-mailing them about this and other important legislative issues.

The NAR Action Center Lobbies for You

As a registered member of the NAR Action Center, NAR will keep you informed about legislative activities that affect REALTORS®, including health care legislative developments. And, as events warrant, you'll receive "Call to Action" e-mails that enable you to affect positive change in Washington, D.C. With more than one million REALTORS®, we certainly have the power to be heard, but it takes the involvement of all NAR members.

Take action. Make your voice heard on the Small Business Health Fairness Act.

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