U.S. health care system is not up to snuff
Today in a hearing of the Senate Finance Committee, business owners from across the country met with Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.) about trends in employer-sponsored health coverage. Small and large business owners discussed their concerns with health care costs and urged Congress to make some changes in 2009.
Fixing health care is a top priority and an urgent priority, said Andrew Stern, from the Service Employees International Union. Stern advised Congress to create affordable alternatives to job-based health care that will provide more predictable costs to small business owners, workers and students. Under the new legislation, insurers should not be allowed to discriminate on the basis of health status, age or other factors.
About 60 percent of employees are insured through their employers, but this hearing showed that employers are concerned about the high costs they will have to pay in the future in private health care costs. Carl Redman, from Innovation Construction and Bear Electric, said that Congress and small business owners need to band together and negotiate plans with insurance agencies to get smaller premiums and more affordable health care coverage.
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July 17th, 2008 at 10:27 am
Dear Sir Sen. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and Sen. Gordon Smith (R-Ore.)
That we talking about aleat show public how you have Focus that make professional that they respect .
who believed for 2 years I am volunteer 24/7 365 focus protect country
FED now I do my Best but gov focus take respond my request person like me
disability with out any cover my life even Gov dont even focus help me pay the bill DSL net work 2 more week they cut off
What do you think Gov focus and how safety country ? Mr: John Kerry
you has been Vietnam War do you even find our how Vietnam shut down B52 ? That need from University or need you have Focus ready in side
what talking about Technologies Please I would like you remind them Vietnam War how they take down B52 easy . Finaly they have focus
Why Gov bring any Issue to Post Public dont make any sense and dont even think they ready know before you post on
Sincerely