107th Congress In 2001, Reps. Ernie Fletcher (Ky.-Dist. 6) and Cal Dooley (Calif.-Dist. 20) reintroduced the Association Health Plan bill - The Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2001 - in the House, and Sens. Tim Hutchinson (Ark.) and Kit Bond (Mo.) reintroduced the bill in the Senate. The House approved the Fletcher/Dooley AHP bill as an amendment to the Patients' Bill of Rights on Aug. 2, 2002. The Senate did not pass AHP legislation in the 107th Congress. Responding to a Letter on the Small Business Health Fairness Act of 2001 (111 KB, PDF) Nov. 14, 2002 Letter from The Association Health Plan Coalition to the National Governors Association Join Us in Improving Access to Health Care for Working Americans (111 KB, PDF) Sept. 27, 2002 Letter from U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao to Sens. Daschle, Lott, Kennedy, and Judd Gregg Support AHP Legislation to Give Small Businesses Affordable Health-Care Options (55 KB, PDF) Aug. 1, 2002 Letter from Sens. Hutchinson and Bond to Colleagues AHPs Under the Same Economic Principle as a Case of Soda (42 KB, PDF) March 25, 2002 Letter from NFIB Senior Vice President Dan Danner to Members of Congress Small-Business Workers Need Association Health Plans Now More Than Ever (64 KB, PDF) March 2, 2002 Letter from Reps. Fletcher, Dooley, Ken Lucas, Nydia Valezquez, Donald Manzullo, Randy Cunningham, Cass Ballenger, Walter Jones, Jr., Jim Kolbe, Thomas Tancredo, Dave Weldon, John Shimkus, Mike Pence, Terry Everett, Bob Schaffer, Dennis Rehberg, Zach Wamp, John J. Duncan, Jr., Thomas E. Petri, Shelley Moore Capito, John McHugh, Sue Kelly, Harold Rogers, Jim DeMint, James Greenwood, Adam Smith, Wally Herger, James Moran, Johnny Isakson, John Peterson, James H. Maloney, John Cooksey, Jo Ann Emerson, Charles Gonzalez, William Lipinski, Albert R.Wynn, Bud Cramer, Jerry Costello, Jeff Flake, Joe Baca, Loretta Sanchez, David Phelps, Rick Larsen, Anne Northup, Mike Thompson, Fred Upton, James Barcia, Gary Miller, Darrell Issa, Pete Sessions, Doug Ose, Ed Whitfield, Christopher Shays, E. Clay Shaw, Jr, Todd Platts, Eric Cantor, Ed Bryant, Dan Burton, Sam Graves, Martin Frost, Ken Calvert, Mike Simpson, Mike Rogers, Kay Granger, Jo Ann Davis to House Speaker Dennis Hastert Organizations Strongly Supporting the Small Business Health Fairness Act (97 KB, PDF) Feb. 14, 2002 Letter from the Association Health Plan Coalition to President George W. Bush Help spread the word about small business health plans and link your site's visitors right to SBHPsNow.com Copy this code and place it anywhere on your site to show your support for small business health plans! <a href="http://www.sbhpsnow.com" target="new"><img src=http://www.nfib.com/Images/SBHP/SBHPLogo.gif alt="Support Small Business Health Plans" width="104" height="69" border="0"></a>