After enacting a pro-patient, pro-consumer health care agenda that could expand personal choices and lower costs, House Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) and his leadership team deserve credit. From expanding access to affordable health coverage for small businesses to ensuring price transparency for medical services and requiring Medicare to pay the same for certain procedures, whether they are delivered in a hospital setting or a doctor’s office, the Speaker’s targeted approach is starting to bear fruit.
The recently enacted Choice Arrangement Act (H.R. 3799), sponsored by Rep. Kevin Hern (R-OK), is a prime example. Heading to the Senate after being passed by a vote of 220 to 209, Rep. Hern’s bill directly addresses the problems of small businesses and their workers who have no options if they cannot afford the current cost of group employment coverage.
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