Friends of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce

Health care insurance is NOT a right. It is an individual responsibility. A one-size-fits-all approach is simply insane. That would be the same as requiring everyone to buy homeowner's insurance for $1,000,000 when their house only appraises at $200,000. Let the free enterprise system sort it out. NOTHING is less efficient than ANY government run program.
--M. N. Plowman, AR

If nothing else, the "shellacking" in the midterm election should stand as proof positive that the majority of Americans, though wanting health care reform, have huge issues with the current Act and the direction it takes us. 
 – Leland, NY

As  an employer I can tell you that all the health reform law to date has only increased my costs, reduced our options and has me as small business owner contemplating if I can afford to stay in business with all the new regulations, costs, taxes, etc. So If I have to pull the plug on my business after over 40 years all my employees are added the unemployment numbers and another small business is gone forever and never able to create jobs again.
– Terri, IL

As a practicing OB/GYN, I see the potential disaster the current health care law passed by President Obama will be.  The law will prevent physicians from individualizing health care as it pertains to the patient and, from all the red tape it will take to approve procedures and medicines, potentially prevents patients from expeditious and quality care. Please take to heart that physicians want to help their patients.  Not succumb to a system of managed care that takes the art out of medicine and will lead to more disgruntled patients.
– Vidya, GA

I am a small business owner and have been extremely concerned about the Health Care Bill that was ultimately signed into law.  I believe health care costs, and insurance premiums are out of control for a number of reasons, lawsuits being one of them. With all due respect, I have absolutely no faith in our government's ability to oversee and control health care, which is why I have been against this from the beginning.  I find it hard to get enthused about something that has been put together ultimately for me... and doesn't include ME! 
– Everett, NV

I have not hired any employees since the recession. I do not have a clear idea of what the impact for federal tax and healthcare programs will have on my small business. I cannot afford the current burden of reporting and tax let alone the assumed increase.
- Vaughn Business Systems

We are a small company in Kentucky. We have only 10 employees, six (6) of which are covered under our health insurance plan with Anthem. We just received our renewal notice. Our premium has gone up 43% in one year! Our broker says in his 40+ years of experience, this is the largest increase in premiums he has ever seen!  This means the cost of insurance for every employee covered has doubled! Makes me want to hire more people. NOT! The real kicker is we cannot make any changes in our policy, increase deductibles, or such, without losing our Grandfathered Right to keep this private insurance.
- "Angry in Kentucky"

All I know is that I feel an ill timed health care bill was rammed down our throat with little or no voter input. It has wide ranging implications for my business. The cost to my employees, the general public and the government is staggering. I worry that the cost to provide health care will not come down. I fear that freedom of choice as well as available quality healthcare providers will diminish.
- Steven, Albany, GA

We are a retired couple with our primary health care insurance being Medicare and supplemental being Tri-Care. With Obama Care, Medicare coverage has been cut, and we are worried that Tri-Care will not cover the rest of our Medicare now and in the future. We are on a fixed income and not at all wealthy. With a Obama Care Reformed system that America cannot afford, a bankrupt Medicare system and questionable solvency in Tri-Care funding, we are naturally very worried!
- Donald

We just received our renewal package from Independence Blue Cross with an astounding 53.83% increase. This is absolutely ridiculous and it seems like there is nothing I can do about it. I am ready to…show (not tell) show these elected officials, most of which never ran a company, how their decisions are hurting our nation’s economic engine – small business owners!
- Larry