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WASHINGTON, Jan. 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The National Small Business Association (NSBA) is calling on Congress to make needed changes to the final health care bill in order to win the support of small business. A staunchly nonpartisan small-business organization heavily engaged in the ongoing debate, NSBA has compiled a comprehensive list of what small business wants in a final bill. This list highlights pieces of both the House and Senate bills that are preferable to small-business owners, and suggests several critical changes.
“NSBA has been calling for broad health care reform since 2004 and was the first small-business organization to craft a broad reform proposal,” stated NSBA President and CEO Todd McCracken. “While we are very happy to see this critical issue front-and- center, not just any reform will do, it must be the right reform.”
Included in the suggestions NSBA has offered:
Mandates
— Oppose any employer mandate as a threat to job growth.
— Support the House model for a strong individual mandate to ensure there
would not be risk selection as healthy individuals opt-out until they
need coverage.
— Oppose Senate language that arbitrarily excludes the construction
industry from the overall small-business exemption to the employer
mandate.
Insurance Market Reforms
— Support Senate language on market reforms such as guaranteed issue
policies, the elimination of rating based on preexisting conditions and
health status, and the 3:1 age rating rule.
Tax benefits for small businesses
— Support the Senate version of tax credits.
— Include language to end the prohibition on self-employed business owners
from fully deducting the cost of their health insurance — something all
other business owners and workers are allowed to do.
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