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Leadership of Representatives Boustany and Sinema Achieves New Milestone: 218 Cosponsors
A bill introduced by Representatives Charles Boustany (R-LA) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-AZ) now enjoys the support of the majority of the House with 218 bipartisan cosponsors. Representative Boustany’s statement can be found here. Representative Sinema’s statement can be found here.
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Video: Congressman Diane Black Discusses Impact of HIT
Small business owners joined Congressman Diane Black in Cookeville, TN to discuss the rising costs of health care and the burden of the HIT. Take a look to hear their thoughts on why this tax needs to be repealed.
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Businesses share concern about HIT
COOKEVILLE — Small business owners and others associated with area businesses attended a recent round table with Congressman Diane Black to discuss the impact on healthcare reform, namely the tax called the Health Insurance Tax that is now being implemented…. Read More
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Thursday letters: Health-care law threatens jobs
COLUMBIA, SC – Largely left out of all the conversations about health care is the impact the president’s health-care law is having on small businesses. The health-insurance tax in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act was disguised as a… Read More
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Diane Black, businesses take on healthcare tax
Sixth District Congressman Diane Black (R-Gallatin) joined local small business owners on Thursday, April 9, in Cookeville to discuss how the health insurance tax, or HIT, is impacting local businesses and employees. The event was hosted by the Stop the… Read More
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Did Washington Forget About Main Street? The Real Cost of Health Care for Small Business
The construction industry relies on a vibrant economy that is continually innovating and expanding so that builders and contractors may do the same. From the perspective of an individual’s small business to an entire industry, and the many levels in… Read More
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Senate Budget HIT Amendments a Welcome Sign for Small Businesses Struggling with Higher Health Care Costs
WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 26, 2015) – The Stop The HIT Coalition, a broad-based group representing the nation’s small business owners, their employees and the self-employed, commended Senator John Barrasso for filing an amendment to the Senate Budget Committee’s most recent… Read More
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Video: American Action Forum President Calls the HIT a Disgrace
On March 19, 2015, at the Senate Finance Committee hearing on the Affordable Care Act at Five Years, Douglas Hotz-Eakin of the American Action Forum explained the critical shortcomings of including the HIT in the health care law.
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Video: Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema Speaks with Phoenix Small Business Owners
On March 13, 2015, Congresswoman Kyrsten Sinema joined small business owners in Phoenix to discuss the health insurance tax and the burden it imposes on their bottom line. The Congresswoman is helping to lead the effort to repeal this harmful… Read More
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Video: Witnesses at Senate Finance Committee Hearing Agree HIT Hurts Small Business
At the Senate Finance Committee hearing on March 19, 2015, The Affordable Care Act at Five Years, Senator John Cornyn asked Holly Wade of the National Federation of Independent Business about the impact of the health insurance tax on small… Read More