Reason #7 to Vote for Bonilla
Bonilla wants to keep government from supporting off the back of small businesses.
Henry believes that American small businesses are the backbone of our nation’s economy and they should be allowed to thrive without federal government interference.
Therefore, he voted to spare them the assistance burden of additional Department of Labor programs concerning employee health care programs.
Project Vote Smart - Representative Bonilla on Small Employer Health Benefits Plan Amendment
Official Title of Legislation:H Amdt 514 to HR 525: An amendment in nature of a substitute to require the Department of Labor to establish a Small Employer Health Benefits Plan similar to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan. Requires the Secretary to widely disseminate information about SEHB through the media, internet, public service announcements, and other employer and employee directed communications. Employers with fewer than 100 employees during the previous calendar year shall be eligible to apply for coverage under SEHB.
Project Vote Smart’s Synopsis:
Vote to adopt a substitute amendment that creates a Small Employer Health Benefits Plan, which would provide access to qualified national and State health pooling arrangements, assisting both employers and employees of small businesses with the costs of health coverage.
Highlights
- Calls for the establishment of a qualified national health pooling arrangement, modeled after the Federal Employees Health Benefits Plan
- Limits coverage support to 10 years and requires the employer to pay 50 percent of the insurance premiums
- Provides employer premium assistance for those employers who wish to extend coverage to qualified employees under a qualified health pooling arrangement; amount of assistance is based on size of employer
- Provides employee premium assistance to those employees whose annual family income is at or below 200 percent of the national poverty line
- Declares that while States are not required to establish or maintain qualified health pooling arrangements, grants will be made available to States that do so
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