Tag: health care
NAHB Commends White House Efforts to Expand Health Care Options for Businesses
President Trump announced the administration has finalized a rule to expand the use of health reimbursement arrangements (HRAs), which are important tools that allow small businesses to help their workers defray the high cost of insurance premiums.
Final Association Health Plan Rule Will Boost Small Businesses
NAHB commended the Trump administration for issuing its final rule today on association health plans that will help small businesses – including home building firms and local home builder associations – rein in skyrocketing health care costs and provide better health coverage for workers.
NAHB Commends Proposed Rule on Small Business Health Plans
NAHB today commended the Department of Labor for issuing a proposed rule that is intended to expand access to health coverage by allowing more employers to form Small Business Health Plans, also known as Association Health Plans.
Association Health Plans – What’s the Next Step?
NAHB has been a long-time proponent of association health plans, which would empower small businesses to pool together to purchase health insurance plans for their employees. Now that President Trump has signed an executive order that would ease restrictions on association health plans, what’s the next step to make this a reality for HBAs?
A Step Forward for Association Health Plans
President Trump today signed an executive order that would ease restrictions on association health plans and health reimbursement accounts to create more options for small businesses to provide health benefits to their employees.
Small Businesses See Big Savings With HRAs
“Affordable healthcare” is a bit of an oxymoron, and most small business owners will agree. As medical costs continually rise, employers who want to offer viable healthcare coverage options to their employees without breaking the bank need a sound strategy. NAHB played a critical role in bringing back one such cost-saving measure.
House Passes GOP Health Care Bill
The House today approved legislation designed to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act, also commonly known as Obamacare. The Republican measure to revamp the nation’s health care system received no Democratic support. NAHB commended the House for passing H.R. 1628, the American Health Care Act of 2017.
House Approves NAHB-Supported Association Health Plan Bill
The House today approved the Small Business Health Fairness Act, association health plan legislation that would put small businesses on an equal footing with large employers and unions when it comes to negotiating lower insurance costs.
Congress Reinstates Health Reimbursement Arrangements
In a major victory for home building firms and other small businesses across the land, the Senate today passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a comprehensive health care package which includes a provision to allow employers to provide Health Reimbursement Arrangements to help their employees pay for health insurance.
House Votes to Reinstate Health Reimbursement Arrangements
The House today passed the 21st Century Cures Act, a comprehensive health care package that includes NAHB-supported legislation that would allow home building firms and other small businesses to provide Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) to help their employees with rising health care costs.