Families Could Look “Forward” to Losing Their Health Plans Under Dems’ Government Healthcare Takeover

May 2, 2012

FYI, a similar version of this release below went out to the following districts: Shelley Adler (NJ-03), Pete Aguilar (CA-31), Jeff Anderson (MN-08), George Badey (PA-07), Ron Barber (AZ-08), John Barrow (GA-12), Ami Bera (CA-07), Tim Bishop (NY-01), Kathy Boockvar (PA-08), Leonard Boswell (IA-03), Bruce Braley (IA-01), Cheri Bustos (IL-17), Lois Capps (CA-24), Ben Chandler (KY-06), Andrei Cherny (AZ-09), David Cicilline (RI-01), Tarryl Clark (MN-08), Gerry Connolly (VA-11), Jim Costa (CA-16), Mark Critz (PA-12), David Crooks (IN-08), Rick Daugherty (PA-15), John Delaney (MD-06), Val Demings (FL-10), Bill Foster (IL-11), Lois Frankel (FL-22), Pete Gallego (TX-23), John Garamendi (CA-03), David Gill (IL-13), Alan Grayson (FL-09), Raul Grijalva (AZ-07), Pam Gulleson (ND-AL), Clark Hall (AR-01), Brad Harriman (IL-12), Jose Hernandez (CA-10), Brian Higgins (NY-26), Jim Himes (CT-04), Ruben Hinojosa (TX-15), Paul Hirschbiel (VA-02), Rush Holt (NJ-12), Steven Horsford (NV-04), Q. Byrum Hurst (AR-04), Steve Israel (NY-03), Bill Keating (MA-09), Ann Kirkpatrick (AZ-01), Larry Kissell (NC-08), Pat Kreitlow (WI-07), Ann McLane Kuster (NH-02), Rick Larsen (WA-02), David Loebsack (IA-02), Alan Lowenthal (CA-47), Nita Lowey (NY-17), Dan Maffei (NY-24), Larry Maggi (PA-18), Jim Matheson (UT-04), Carolyn McCarthy (NY-04), Jerry McNerney (CA-09), Michael Michaud (ME-02), Joe Miklosi (CO-06), Brendan Mullen (IN-02), Patrick Murphy (FL-18), Mark Murphy (NY-11), Rick Nolan (MN-08), John Oceguera (NV-03), Bill Owens (NY-21), Sal Pace (CO-03), Frank Pallone (NJ-06), Ed Perlmutter (CO-07), Scott Peters (CA-52), Collin Peterson (MN-07), Chellie Pingree (ME-01), Nick Rahall (WV-03), Ciro Rodriguez (TX-23), Raul Ruiz (CA-36), Lori Saldaña (CA-52), David Schapira (AZ-09), Brandon Shaffer (CO-04), Carol Shea-Porter (NH-01), Kyrsten Sinema (AZ-09), Louise Slaughter (NY-25), Gene Stilp (PA-11), Betty Sutton (OH-16), Mark Takano (CA-41), John Tierney (MA-06), Paul Tonko (NY-20), Manan Trivedi (PA-06), Niki Tsongas (MA-03), Christie Vilsack (IA-04), Jamie Wall (WI-08), Tim Walz (MN-01), Charlie Wilson (OH-06), John Yarmuth (KY-03)

Families Could Look “Forward” to Losing Their Health Plans Under Kissell’s Government Healthcare Takeover
North Carolina Democrat Defends the Government Takeover of Healthcare that is Making it Harder for Employers to Offer Health Insurance Coverage

WASHINGTON — Larry Kissell’s continued defense of the Democrat government takeover of healthcare (Roll Call #14, 1/19/11) is looking increasingly out of touch with North Carolina families amidst new reports that show the big-government law is only making it harder for employers to keep offering health insurance benefits.

“Larry Kissell’s defense of the government takeover of healthcare is a losing battle that will only get worse as the Democrats’ big-government policies move forward and bring more drastic consequences,” said NRCC Communications Director Paul Lindsay. “Now Kissell will have to concede that millions of workers could lose insurance benefits for their families because of increasing fees and mandates that punish businesses offering health benefits.”

A new survey of Fortune 100 companies shows taxes and fees in the government healthcare takeover make carrying insurance benefits increasingly difficult for employers:

“In total, the 71 Fortune 100 companies that responded to this inquiry could save an estimated $28.6 billion in 2014 alone by eliminating health insurance coverage for their more than 5.9 million U.S. employees (impacting more than 10.2 million employees and dependents covered by those plans) and instead paying the $2,000 per full-time employee fine created in the Democrats’ health care law. From 2014 through 2023, these employers could save an astounding $422.4 billion if they took this action.” (“BROKEN PROMISE: Why ObamaCare Will Force Americans to Lose the Health Care Coverage They Have and Like,” House Committee on Ways & Means, 5/1/12)

This comes on the heels of a report last week from President Obama’s own jobs council that showed the government healthcare takeover will be a significant burden on employers trying to offer health benefits:

“Documents provided by members of the Council confirm that the mandates, taxes, and fees contained in PPACA will increase the cost of providing health care and insurance premiums. These corporations face a future of ‘potential indirect cost increase[s] through higher medical costs across all [the] U.S.’ due to fees on health insurers, pharmaceutical manufacturers, and medical device manufacturers mandated by PPACA.” (“Higher Costs, More Confusion, Less Coverage: How the Health Care Law Affects Employer-Provided Health Care Coverage,” House Committee on Energy & Commerce, April 2012)

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