I’ve heard some criticism recently on our supposed “opposition to reform.” Don’t you support health coverage for everyone? Don’t you believe the Obama Administration’s claims that health reform will lower health insurance coverage costs while preserving everything you like today in health care? We support universal health coverage for all (in fact we proposed our [...]
Health care reform will reemerge from the shadows of the House Majority leadership’s office today; Senate Majority Leader Reid is having a little more trouble getting the Senate version out to the launch pad. Both proposals are a bust … doomed to failure before they start. Why did they go so wrong? In a word, [...]
NRF’s SVP of Government Relations, Steve Pfister talks to CNBC’s David Faber about the latest on health care reform legislation.
Congress began committee deliberations on health care reform legislation this week, but NRF told lawmakers retailers would rather see no reform than be saddled with an employer mandate, and also warned that a proposal to use a nationwide Value Added Tax to help pay the $1 trillion-plus price tag would be “absolute Armageddon” for merchants. [...]