NSBA is the leading small-business voice for broad health care reform. Working to represent the needs of all of America’s small businesses, NSBA has made reforming the failing U.S. health care system a top priority since 1992. A stridently independent voice, NSBA has urged broad reform that will reduce health care costs while improving quality, bring about a fair sharing of health care costs, and focus on the empowerment and responsibility of individual health care consumers.
NSBA has advocated on behalf of America’s small-business owners since its inception in 1937. The organization, operating on a strictly nonpartisan basis, reaches more than 150,000 small-business owners and has a long tradition of expertise in health care policy. NSBA is a uniquely member-driven organization in which our small-business members craft policy through caucusing, voting and monthly issue-based conference calls.
NSBA members testify before Congress and meet with White House and congressional officials to ensure that the needs of the small-business community are front-and-center in any debate to reform the health care system. The majority of small businesses cannot afford quality health insurance, which poses a significant competitive disadvantage when it comes to hiring the best employees, competing with others in the same industry, and competing on a global stage.
Given the state of the U.S. economy where lay-offs are a daily occurrence, policymakers must do all they can to ensure that entrepreneurship remains a viable option. The cost of health care is quickly becoming a barrier to many considering opening their own business, and the overall U.S. economy will surely suffer if something isn’t done soon. NSBA stands ready to work with lawmakers, small-business owners and all other stakeholders in moving toward a broad reform of the U.S. health care system.
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