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House Committee Hearing on the Fee on Health Insurance: Impact on Small Businesses

"On Thursday May 9 2013 the Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology held a hearing titled, The Health Insurance Fee: Impact on Small Businesses.... The purpose of the hearing was to provide an opportunity to examine the economic effects of the fee on small businesses." [At the link are the Chairman's opening statement, witness lists, and testimony.]

House Committee Hearing on 'Small Business Health Insurance Tax Credit Created by PPACA

The hearing [focused] on whether small business employers are currently benefitting from the Small Business Tax Credit, problems they may be encountering when calculating the credit, and whether the IRS is administering it in a way that ensures tax compliance. [Hearing held Nov. 15, 2011, includes links to written testimonies.]

House Committee Hearing on Small Businesses and PPACA: If They Like Their Coverage, Can They Keep It?

Hearing held July 28, 2011. 'The Subcommittee considered whether small firms will be able to maintain their existing coverage under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act .... [The target page includes links to written testimony and videos.]

House Approves Legislation to Improve Health Care Coverage Options for Workers, Lower Administrative Burdens on Small Businesses

"Small businesses and workers looking for greater flexibility in their health care benefits will see fewer administrative burdens and improved choices under legislation passed this week by the House of Representatives.... [T]hese solutions are based on feedback gathered in Committee hearings held in communities around the country during which small business owners shared their stories about the cost and time required to navigate America's health insurance system."

House Subcommittee Hearing on the Effects of the Health Law's Definitions of Full-Time Employee on Small Businesses

"The purpose of the hearing was to examine the potential effects of the health care law's definition of 30 hours a week as full-time employment and what this means for employment at small businesses." [Page includes list of witnesses and links to their testimony.]

House Passes Small Business Health Fairness Act

"The House of Representatives [on March 22] passed the Small Business Health Fairness Act (H.R. 1101) ... [T]he legislation empowers small businesses to band together though association health plans (AHPs) and negotiate for lower health insurance costs on behalf of their employees. The bill passed by a vote of 236 to 175."

An Update on the Small Business Health Options Program: Is It Working for Small Businesses?

"On Thursday, September 18, 2014, ... the Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Health and Technology held a hearing titled, An Update on the Small Business Health Options Program: Is It Working for Small Businesses?' ... The purpose of the hearing was to examine the current state of the SHOPs and whether they are working for small businesses." [Page includes links to testimony by [1] Mayra Alvarez, Director State Exchange Group, Center for Consumer Information and Insurance Oversight, CMS; [2] Dr. Roger Stark, Health Care Policy Analyst, Washington Policy Center; [3] Adam Beck, Assistant Professor of Health Insurance, The American College of Financial Services; and [4] Jon Gabel, Senior Fellow, NORC, University of Chicago.]

House Committee Hearing on the Challenge of Retirement Savings for Small Employers

Page includes links to testimony by: Catherine Collison, President, Transamerica Center for Retirement Studies, Los Angeles, CA.; Paula A. Calimafde, Bethesda, MD; C. Roy Messick, III, CPA, QPA, TPP Retirement Plan Specialists, LLC, Overland Park, KS; Ray Rucksdashel, Chief Financial Officer, Quest-Tec Solutions, Inc, Houston, TX.

Ways and Means Committee Adopts Bills That Would Expand Health Benefit Options, Increase Flexibilities for Small Business Workers

"Workers and small businesses would get more flexibility and choice in their health insurance benefits under six bills adopted by the Ways and Means Committee. The legislation allows small businesses to reimburse employees for buying qualified health insurance, increases flexibility to better cover health care services for workers, and frees up small businesses to better serve their employees and customers."

Oversight Committee Examines 'Small Business Mandates' Limiting Health Insurance Options

"The District of Columbia and Vermont have both passed 'small business mandates' requiring organizations of 50 individuals or fewer to purchase insurance through state Exchanges established under Obamacare. The mandates contradict the health care law, which states qualified employers will not be prevented from selecting health plans offered outside of an Exchange."