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January 05, 2007 at 01:18 PM
Republicans on the House Education and Labor Committee have introduced a new association health plan bill.
The AHP bill would give small employers the same ability that large, self-insured employers now have to avoid state benefits mandates, by buying health coverage through multistate associations.
In many states, chambers of commerce and other groups already operate single-state association plans.
“Small businesses and their workers are desperate for relief from the high costs of health insurance, and House Republicans have worked to deliver that relief to them,” says Rep. Howard McKeon, R-Calif., the ranking minority member of the committee. “These working families deserve to have small business plans considered and voted on in the House. I’m hopeful that our colleagues across the aisle – 36 of whom voted for this legislation in the last Congress – will join us in guaranteeing that.”
