House debate on health care imminent: Contact your representative to voice your concern over H.R. 3962!

The House of Representatives could begin voting on H.R. 3962 very soon. We encourage you to weigh in with your legislators and oppose this important bill.

Looking at this latest version of the bill from an employer's perspective, there are numerous concerns:

• The bill would mandate that employers provide health coverage under a "pay or play" system that may actually encourage more companies to stop providing health coverage.

• It creates a public plan that could undercut the current private marketplace and become a significant government intrusion into the insurance industry.

• The legislation skips over one important component for reining in health care costs: meaningful reform of malpractice lawsuits.

• It would place new detailed federal requirements on employer-sponsored health coverage that would increase administrative costs and divert resources from medical care.

• The bill also would increase taxes on families and small businesses to finance government-run insurance.

The best thing you can do is contact your legislator now and let them know how this could impact your business and employees!

 

 

Congressman Roy Blunt provided a legislative update on health care reform during a forum held on August 6 at the Chamber.





Gordon Kinne, President, Med-Pay, Inc.; Steve Edwards, Executive Vice President, CoxHealth; Donn Sorensen, Executive Vice President, St. John's Health System and Trey Davis, Vice President of Governmental Affairs, Missouri Chamber of Commerce & Industry, spoke at the August 6 Healthcare Forum at the Chamber.





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