Health Care Policy
The National Business Group on Health's public policy activities provide members with the latest information and analysis of federal legislative and regulatory developments in health care that impact employers. As the national voice of large employers, the Business Group also educates and informs policy makers about the perspectives and practices of large employers on key heath care issues.
The Imperative for Health Reform: The Position of the National Business Group on Health
Key Public Policy Objectives
- Actively Promote Patient Safety and Evidence-Based Medical Practice
- Encourage Delivery System Innovations that Enhance the Effectiveness of Health Care
- Improve Employee Health and Productivity
- Promote Consumer Choice and Decision-Making
- Increase Transparency of Health Care Information
- Reduce Health Care Costs and Increase the Affordability of Health Benefits
- Preserve and Strengthen ERISA
- Promote Flexibility in Health Benefits Design
- Reduce the Cost and Complexity of Health Benefits Administration
- Maintain Favorable Tax Treatment for Health Benefits
Public Policy Priority Issues 2008
- Protect ERISA Preemption of State Law
- Expand Access to Affordable, Effective, Quality Health Care and Coverage
- Promote Health Care Price and Quality Transparency
- Advance Health Information Technology (HIT)
- Support Comparative Effectiveness Research of New and Existing Health Care Interventions
- Enhance the Usefulness and Flexibility of Health Accounts (Flexible Spending Accounts, Health Savings Accounts, Health Reimbursement Arrangements, Retiree Medical Benefit Accounts)
- Oppose Cost Shifting to Private Sector
- Seek Family and Medical Leave Act Improvements
- Support Primary Care/Medical Home Model
- Counter Employer Coverage Mandates
- Support FDA Approval Process for Generic Biologics
- Promote Pay-for-Performance
- Promote Health Care Legal Reform
Index of Health Policy Priority Issues
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