Health Care Policy
The National Business Group on Health's public policy activities provide members with the latest information and analysis of federal legislative and regulatory developments in health care that impact employers. As the national voice of large employers, the Business Group also educates and informs policy makers about the perspectives and practices of large employers on key heath care issues.
The Imperative for Health Reform: The Position of the National Business Group on Health
Key Public Policy Objectives
- Actively Promote Patient Safety and Evidence-Based Medical Practice
- Encourage Delivery System Innovations that Enhance the Effectiveness of Health Care
- Improve Employee Health and Productivity
- Promote Consumer Choice and Decision-Making
- Increase Transparency of Health Care Information
- Reduce Health Care Costs and Increase the Affordability of Health Benefits
- Preserve and Strengthen ERISA
- Promote Flexibility in Health Benefits Design
- Reduce the Cost and Complexity of Health Benefits Administration
- Maintain Favorable Tax Treatment for Health Benefits
Public Policy Priority Issues 2010
- Expand Access to Affordable, Effective, Quality Health Care and Coverage
- Maintain ERISA
- Oppose Employer Mandates
- Support Health Care Payment and Delivery Changes, Including:
- Improve Private and Public Sector Pay-for-Performance
- Price and Quality Transparency
- Primary Care/Medical Home
- Oppose Cost Shifting to Private Sector
- Maintain Current Tax Treatment of Health Benefits
- Improve Wellness Policy
- Support Comparative Effectiveness Research
- Improve Patient Safety Laws
- Support FDA Approval Process for Biosimilars
- Oppose Mandated Medical Leave Expansion
- Paid FMLA
- Mandated Paid Sick Leave
- Oppose Expansion of HIPAA Privacy Law
- Maintain Current Health Account Laws
- Support Health Care Legal Reform
Index of Health Policy Priority Issues
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