Health Plan Bill Advances in Congress
A bill that would enable small businesses to band together to reduce their employee health insurance costs continues to move forward in the Congress.
A House subcommittee on employer-employee relations approved “The Small Business Health Fairness Act,” H.R. 660, on April 8. It will now be considered by the full House Education and the Workforce Committee, probably during the week of April 28.
The bill would enable home builders who are faced with soaring health care costs for their employees to join associations to obtain the same economies of scale, purchasing power and administrative efficiencies that large employers have. This could reduce their health insurance costs by an estimated 15%-30%.