HHS Secretary Sebelius Issues Tardy Response
It took longer for Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to respond to a request for a public comment extension than the length of the extension itself. Here’s the story.Last November, just before Thanksgiving,...
View ArticleHealth Care Law Forces Universal Orlando to Cut Part-Time Health Insurance
On health care coverage, 2013 is a major transition year for employers and employees as key parts of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) go into effect in 2014. For part-time...
View ArticleThe New Health Care Battlefront
Three years ago, Congress passed the hotly debated and contested Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). While the U.S. Supreme Court has upheld the law, many agree that significant...
View ArticleReport: Health Care Law Could Add Trillions to Debt
In 2009, President Obama pledged, “I will not sign a [health care reform] plan that adds one dime to our deficits -- either now or in the future.” Just about any budget policy wonk you run into will...
View ArticleSmall Businesses Need Assistance Navigating New Health Care Landscape
Who will help small businesses understand their health insurance options? Brokers are more important now than ever. The U.S. Chamber's Katie Mahoney explains in this short video clip.
View ArticleHealthcare Reform 2.0
As the U.S. Chamber continues to work through the regulatory process to mitigate the burdens imposed on business by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), it will also pursue a fresh...
View ArticleHealth Care Law Puts Nation’s Job Creators Between a Rock and a Hard Place
As we enter Year Three of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA), businesses are preparing for the employer mandate provision. The Wall Street Journal editorial board calls it a...
View ArticleWhy Does the Government Want to Push Seniors Out of a Popular Health...
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) was funded by two sources: a bunch of new taxes and cuts to Medicare—especially Medicare Advantage (MA), the private sector component to the...
View ArticleTime to Try Medical Liability Reform
A missing piece of the puzzle for controlling health care costs has been medical liability reform. The threat of lawsuits forces doctors to practice defensive medicine and order medically-unnecessary...
View ArticleMedical Innovation Helps Miracle AIDS Baby
Over the weekend, we learned about what may possibly be the second instance of someone being cured of the HIV virus. CBS News reports:A doctor gave this baby faster and stronger treatment than is...
View ArticleEvidence Mounts that Health Care Law Hurts Jobs, Increases Costs
Are you looking for a job? Look into a consulting gig advising companies – including those in the health care sector- on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). According to the Federal...
View ArticleHealth Care Law Victim: Medical Innovation
Here’s an example in California of how the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is inhibiting medical innovation:Jim Corbett, the CEO of Vertos Medical Inc., says a non-invasive procedure...
View ArticleObamacare Timeline: Dates to Be Aware Of
With each passing month, additional provisions of Obamacare go into effect. Here are some dates to be aware of, beginning this year:JANUARY 2013Limiting Health Care FSA ContributionsEmployee...
View ArticleWhat’s Next for Businesses and Health Care?
This month marks the third anniversary of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) becoming law. And there’s still a lot businesses don’t know about the health reform law. PPACA has...
View ArticleHealth Care Law Fries Small Business Owner
After a career in the hotel industry, Mike Ruffer bought a Five Guys franchise in North Carolina. At the Heritage Foundation in Washington, DC, this small business owner offered an example of the...
View ArticleWhat is Patient-Centered Health Care Reform?
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) continues to be implemented, we see health insurance costs continuing to rise and businesses forced to make uneconomical decisions to survive...
View ArticleHealth Care Law’s Tax Increases Do Not Equal ”Affordable Care”
There’s a glaring misnomer in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA). It doesn’t make health care more affordable. Much of the blame lies in the hundreds of billions of dollars in taxes...
View ArticleBrain Freeze: Restaurants, Patrons Burned by Health Care Law
With their mix of full- and part-time employees, restaurants in particular are finding it difficult to cope with new costs and regulations as the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act -- aka...
View ArticleExperiment Finds that Workers Choose Lower-Cost Health Insurance
Sears, Darden Restaurants—owner of Olive Garden and Red Lobster—and Aon Hewitt ran a test to see how more than 100,000 employees would behave in a private health insurance exchange and discovered that...
View ArticleLearn How the Employer Mandate Will Impact Your Business
The U.S. Chamber has created a new online calculator to help businesses determine if they will be subject to the employer mandate, and if so, help them predict their potential penalty if they cannot...
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