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Supporter of HR 67 urges association health plans to lower small-business costs
Summary
An unidentified speaker supported HR 67, the Association Health Plans Act, arguing the Affordable Care Act raised costs for small businesses and saying association plans could expand coverage; the transcript records no vote or opposing speakers.
An unidentified speaker addressed the chamber in support of HR 67, the Association Health Plans Act, saying the measure would let small businesses and self-employed Americans band together to lower health-insurance costs.
The speaker argued that the Affordable Care Act has increased premiums and regulatory burdens on small employers, leading some to reduce or stop offering coverage. In the transcript the speaker repeatedly referred to the law as the "unaffordable care act"; the article uses the corrected statutory…
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