Democrats are working hard this week to firmly establish the link between healthcare reform and the health of small business in America.
Tomorrow, Senator Patty Murray will attend a hearing on the rising costs small business owners face in of providing healthcare for their employees.
According to the release, “The hearing will also highlight how health care reform legislation will lower costs, provide employees with portable care, and ease the burden of providing care for small businesses.”
Also tomorrow, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills will join “Small business owners from across the country for a briefing on the impact of health insurance reform on small business.”
Beginning at 9:45 (Washington state time), the briefing will be streamed live here. There will also be a simultaneous chat hosted during the event here.
Last week, Administrator Karen Mills of the Small Business Administration held a short conference call with media outlets to discuss how healthcare reform will affect small businesses in the Unites States. The only mention of healthcare came eight minutes into the call and was brief, but you can download and listen to that phone call here.
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Democrats linking health reform and the health of small business in America
Monday, November 2nd, 2009House Democrats Reach Deal on Healthcare Reform
Wednesday, October 28th, 2009
After months of deliberations, the House Democrats have put together a healthcare bill that looks to bring real reform to the system. The bill is set to be formally announced on Thursday morning.
After months of talk on health care reform, many want to know what the substance of the bill is. The AP has the story:
The final product in the House, reflecting many of President Barack Obama’s priorities, includes new requirements for employers to offer insurance to their workers or face penalties, fines on Americans who don’t purchase coverage and subsidies to help lower-income people do so. Insurance companies would face new prohibitions against charging much more to older people or denying coverage to people with health conditions.
The price tag, topping $1 trillion over 10 years, would be paid for by taxing high-income people and cutting some $500 billion in payments to Medicare providers. The legislation would extend health coverage to around 95 percent of Americans.
Members of Congress hope to have the bill completed by November 11th, bringing healthcare reform a step closer.