Health Care
The Georgia Chamber supports health care solutions that take into account the needs of both employers and employees and opposes legislative fees or mandates that would increase costs. The Chamber also supports the passage of sustainable funding for a statewide trauma care network as well as programs to reduce the number of underinsured and uninsured in Georgia.
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Real Health-Care Reform: Why America must move away from its third-party payer system
By Rep. Jim Marshall
The recently passed health-care reform legislation, which I opposed, has been pilloried as "worse than 9/11" and "the end of prosperity in America forever" and "the end of America as you know it" and "the end of the republic." Utter nonsense. Its supporters have said the new law "is a triumph in terms of deficit reduction" that will "significantly reduce long-term health-care costs" and "not add one dime to the deficit" and "strengthen Medicare" and "reduce premiums and out-of-pocket costs." Unfortunately, this is also nonsense. Structurally, the legislation is just more of the same -- a few box cars added to a runaway economic freight train hauling the nation toward bankruptcy.
Trauma Care - Insurance We Can't Afford to be Without
The following editorial by Georgia Chamber President and CEO George Israel appeared in numerous publications across Georgia in April 2010, including the Albany Herald, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, Capitol Impact, Daily Citizen (Dalton), Gwinnett Daily Post and Macon Telegraph:
How Will Health Care Reform Affect You?
The landmark Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590) was signed into law by President Obama on March 23. While health care reform in some form is certainly needed and HR 3590 will provide health coverage to millions of uninsured Americans, the Georgia Chamber is concerned that in an already stretched economy, the cost burden will be passed on to the taxpayer, specifically our state's employers. For example, the bill includ
Analysis of Federal Health Care Legislation
On March 23, President Barack Obama signed into law the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (HR 3590), a sweeping overhaul of the nation's health care system.
HR 3590 is expected to provide government-run health coverage to millions of Americans who are currently uninsured -- but it will do so through new taxes and fines on businesses, workers and health plans; hefty subsidies for and mandates on the middle class; and higher costs, fewer choices and reduced access for the majority of Americans who already have coverage.
Georgia Chamber Helps Launch Employer Coalition on Health Reform
The Georgia Chamber of Commerce has partnered with 19 other state chambers and employer organizations around the country to launch Employers for Quality Health Care, a national coalition dedicated to responsible, meaningful reform of the U.S. health care system. A press release announcing the launch is available here and a copy of the coalition's letter to President Obama and members of Congress is located here. The coalition is online at www.employersforqualityhealthcare.org.
2010 Health Care Committee
Sylvia Russell, Chair - AT&T
Jimmy Childre, Vice Chair - Childre Ford-Mercury
David Allen - Dr. J. David Allen & Associates
Don Balfour - Waffle House
Robert Brown - R.L. Brown & Associates
Jack Chapman - Medical Association of Georgia
Monye Connolly - Blue Cross Blue Shield of Georgia
Vince Falcione - Procter & Gamble
Ben Hall - Dublin Construction
Ed Long - UPS
Ed Lovern - Piedmont Healthcare
Les Szabolcsi - MSI Benefits Group
Benita Dodd - Georgia Public Policy Foundation
Sheila Humberstone - Troutman Sanders Strategies
