Top 10 Reasons the House’s Healthcare Bill is the Wrong Approach for Small Business
Tuesday, July 28, 2009
As the nation’s leading small business association, NFIB opposes the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200) because it threatens the viability of our nation’s job creators, fails to address access for all small businesses, limits and destroys choice and competition for private insurance, and fails to address the core challenge facing small business – cost.
House Healthcare Bill a Poison Pill for Small Business
Thursday, July 16, 2009
The following statement was released today on behalf of the Small Business Coalition For Affordable Healthcare on the House’s “America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009:”
NFIB Statement: Draft House Bill Bad for Small Businesses, Levies New Tax on Job Creators
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Brad Close, vice president of federal public policy for the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association, released the following statement in response to the House health reform discussion draft...
NFIB Statement: Health Reform Must Help, Not Harm Small Businesses
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Susan Eckerly, senior vice president of federal public policy for the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association, released the following statement in response to the draft healthcare plan from the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee
NFIB Member Shares Struggles with Health Insurance Costs
Wednesday, June 03, 2009
Local Small Business Owner Expresses Need for Reform in the Small Group Market
Rising Costs for Healthcare: Implications for Public Policy, NFIB-sponsored study by Louis Rossiter, PhD
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
Much is right about American healthcare (high life expectancy, improved mortality stats for big diseases, comparisons with other countries). Americans enjoy choices among insurers and providers. But there are unacceptable disparities, costs are rising rapidly, and some aspects of employer-based insurance are problematic. Lou Rossiter explores this further in this NFIB-sponsored study.
The Case Against Mandated Employer-Provided Employee Health Insurance, an NFIB White Paper
Wednesday, April 15, 2009
One of the biggest mistakes policymakers could make working on healthcare reform is to enact an employer mandate. An employer mandate is backwards in both results and philosophy. Above all, it would do great harm and little good.
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Updated Small Business Principles for Healthcare Reform
Thursday, March 26, 2009
These updated principles emphasize the need to create new pooling options that lead to greater access, better predictability of healthcare costs and increased value of our healthcare dollars.
Lack of Competition in Small Group Insurance Market Leads to Higher Costs
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
WASHINGTON, D.C., March 24, 2009 — Susan Eckerly, senior vice president of the National Federation of Independent Business, the nation’s leading small business association, released the following statement:
Winners and Losers Identified in Healthcare Reform Simulation
Thursday, March 19, 2009
The National Federation of Independent Business released breakthrough research today that tested various legislative approaches for healthcare reform and measured how each approach would affect different constituencies.
Healthcare Reform Simulation Summary
Thursday, March 19, 2009
A new NFIB-sponsored study of health insurance markets yields striking results and gives researchers a valuable new analytical tool. In one of the first-ever applications of experimental economics to healthcare policy, Stephen Rassenti and Carl Johnston, with NFIB’s help, tested reform proposals in a laboratory. Rassenti and Johnson are protégés of Nobel laureate Vernon Smith, who calls the study “path-breaking.”
Employer Healthcare Mandate Would Wipe Out 1.6 Million Jobs
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
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Small Business Impact of a National Employer Healthcare Mandate
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
NFIB Fact Sheet
Senate Finance Hearing on Healthcare Reform: An Economic Perspective
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
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NFIB Statement: Baucus Health Overhaul Plan
Thursday, November 13, 2008
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Small Business Presidential Election Response: Campaign a Mandate to Put Small Business Healthcare Reform At Top of Presidential Agenda
Wednesday, November 05, 2008
Small Business Presidential Election Response
Candidates Sound off on Healthcare
Friday, October 24, 2008
Candidates Sound off on Healthcare
NFIB Applauds Candidates for Addressing the Small Business Healthcare Crisis
Tuesday, October 07, 2008
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Conventions Conclude, Fall Campaign Begins
Friday, September 05, 2008
NFIB Looks for More Focus on Small Business Healthcare Concerns
New Census Data Still Shows Too Many Uninsured Americans
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Statement from Todd Stottlemyer, president and CEO, in reaction to the new U.S. Census Bureau data on health insurance in America
Harry and Louise Return to Promote Health Care Reform in New Ad Campaign
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Five Diverse Organizations Come Together to Promote Health Care Reform as the Top Domestic Priority for the Next President and Congress
NFIB Sends Healthcare Message to Congress Before Recess with “The Faces of the Healthcare Crisis: Small Business in America”
Monday, July 28, 2008
Booklet of personal stories highlights healthcare struggles faced by America’s job creators
Members of Congress Pledge to Work to Find Solutions to the Healthcare Crisis Facing Small Business
Friday, July 18, 2008
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NFIB to Host Healthcare Forum with Delaware Small Business Owners and Employees
Thursday, June 19, 2008
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Fix-it Forums at a Glance: A Look into the Stories and Struggles from the Frontlines of America’s Healthcare Crisis
Tuesday, June 17, 2008
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NFIB’s Healthcare Forum: “Does Portability Enhance Affordability?”
Thursday, May 22, 2008
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National Federation of Independent Business Forum Seeks Healthcare Input from Florida Small Businesses
Friday, May 16, 2008
Tallahassee “Fix-it Forum” Part of the National Solutions Start Here Campaign
National Federation of Independent Business Introduces Advertisements as part of Solutions Start Here Campaign
Tuesday, May 06, 2008
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NFIB Supports Cover the Uninsured Week, an Initiative that Raises Awareness about Uninsured Americans
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
NFIB's Solutions Start Here campaign aims to increase affordable healthcare options for small business
NFIB to Host Healthcare Forum with Arkansas Small Business Owners and Employees on May 1, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
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NFIB to Host Healthcare Forum with Rhode Island Small Business Owners and Employees on April 25, 2008
Thursday, April 24, 2008
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NFIB Supports Senate Small Business Health Option (SHOP) Legislation
Wednesday, April 02, 2008
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NFIB Business Forum Seeks Healthcare Input from Texas Small Businesses
Thursday, March 27, 2008
El Paso “Fix-it Forum” Part of the National Solutions Start Here Campaign
NFIB Launches Aggressive Campaign to Drive Healthcare Reform:Solutions Start Here
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
Solutions Start Here
Small Business Turns Out on Super Tuesday
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Owners and employees agree that the rising cost of healthcare is a defining issue
Small Business Turns out in Missouri on Super Tuesday
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Owners and employees agree that the rising cost of healthcare is a defining issue
Small Business Turns out in Arizona on Super Tuesday
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Owners and employees agree that the rising cost of healthcare is a defining issue
Small Business Turns out in California on Super Tuesday
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Owners and employees agree that the rising cost of healthcare is a defining issue
Small Business Turns out in Georgia on Super Tuesday
Thursday, February 07, 2008
Owners and employees agree that the rising cost of healthcare is a defining issue