Lockton Expert Testifies on Capitol Hill to Share Views on Health Reform Law |
“Place yourself in the shoes of employers that supply valued health coverage to 160 million of us,” suggests Lockton’s Fensholt to a Subcommittee of the U.S. House of Representatives. |
The health reform law’s adverse cost impact on employers is significant, foreshadowing intentions by many employers to curtail benefits or even exit the group health insurance marketplace, insurance leader Lockton told Congressional leaders. Testifying June 2 before the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Health, Edward Fensholt, director of Lockton’s Health Reform Advisory Practice, told committee members that the hard costs – and hassle costs – paid by employers in implementing the law are substantial, and not something to be trivialized. |
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