health care legislation

As the health care legislation starts to take effect, the Obama administration is trying to defuse resistance by granting insurance waivers to maintain minimal coverage.

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – June 16, 2010) — Today, Karen Kerrigan, President & CEO of the Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) issued the following statement regarding new regulations from the Obama Administration that outline how existing health plans will be forced to change under the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA), and how this impacts health coverage for small businesses:

Washington (PRESS RELEASE – March 19, 2010) — The Small Business Council of America (SBCA) urges Members of the House of Representatives to vote against the Senate health care reform bill.

The SBCA believes the details of this legislation will not only harm small businesses and their ability to provide health care to their employees, but that it could lead to the ultimate demise of this country’s private health care system.

As discussed below, the SBCA supports health care reform, but not as proposed in the House and Senate bills.

Oakton, VA (PRESS RELEASE – January 20, 2010) – The nation’s leading advocacy organization for entrepreneurs and small businesses expressed relief about the results of the U.S.

Senate race in Massachusetts. The Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council (SBE Council) urged President Obama and Congress to now turn their focus towards policies that encourage job creation and entrepreneurship, rather than punitive initiatives that are feeding business uncertainty.

Twice now, abortion was almost a dealbreaker. This time, it was a dealmaker. But of hundreds of deals cut so health care legislation can stay alive, the hardest to keep may be the Senate's abortion compromise — achieved after 13 hours of negotiation.

The volatile issue remains the biggest threat to getting a history-making bill to President Barack Obama.

A holdout no more, Democratic Nebraska Sen. Ben Nelson agreed Saturday to provide the 60th and deciding vote for Senate passage of sweeping health care legislation, capping a year of struggle and a final burst of deadline bargaining.

Reid Eyes Payroll Tax Hike on Wealthy. Majority Leader Harry Reid is considering a plan for higher payroll taxes on the upper-income earners to help finance health care legislation he intends to introduce in the Senate in the next several days, numerous Democratic officials said Wednesday.

House Democratic leaders say President Barack Obama, who made a quick trip to Capitol Hill, inspired their party to pass health care legislation.

(University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston) Survey results published this week in the journal Health Affairs show that while only 27 percent of adults currently support the US Senate Finance Committee's proposed health-care legislation, an amended bill could gain the majority's favor.

The White House and its Democratic allies on Sunday tried to play down the role of a government insurance option in health care legislation as the party in power worked to reclaim momentum on President Barack Obama's top domestic priority.