Reply #18: This is a rather strange email

[karynnj]

This part is pretty misleading:

"My colleagues and I working on health care reform in the Senate Committee on Finance aren't going to sit back on our heels -- we're going on the offensive. But the pressure on the insurance industry needs to come from the people, too.

If you haven't signed the petition Senators Leahy, Durbin, and I are circulating yet, sign it today and help put pressure on the insurance industry to come to the table.

Health insurance premiums have doubled since 2001. In case you're wondering where the extra money is going, industry profits have soared 428% in that same time.

My colleagues and I on the Finance committee are pushing for the major health insurers to pay their fair share by submitting to new fees that will help pay for a major chunk of the overhaul -- and eliminate the potential need to tax benefits."

It makes it seem like the Finance committee is going on the offensive on this - which is nearly completely the opposite of the truth. It also would have led me, if I didn't know who was on the Finance Committee, to think Leahy and Durbin were on the committee.