Health care reform has become the centerpiece of President Barack Obama’s presidency, which has made it a hot topic across this country. It is also a big issue in HVAC circles as contractors are concerned about the skyrocketing prices of group health care, but also wary of how legislation will affect small businesses in the form of taxes and mandates.
The reform Obama is pushing is housed in multiple committee bills better known as America’s Affordable Health Choices Act of 2009. Introduced in the House on July 14, the aim of the bill is to build on what works in the current health care system while repairing what is broken.
What works and what is broken, however, is debatable and how to fix each health care problem is open to vast interpretation. One thing is for certain, no matter what form of the bill emerges, when it finally passes to law, health care will not be business as usual.
“We offer and pay for our employees’ healthcare, but the cost has escalated these past couple of years to where we must make a conscious decision at budget time,” said Ken Bodwell, president of Innovative Service Solutions. “Reform is definitely needed, and I would support any program that makes sense, but it appears the president is forcing this through the House because there is a majority rule at this time.”
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