Employer Alliance

Small businesses need access to affordable health insurance! 20 years of fighting for affordability. The largest, single-issue grassroots coalition in NYS.

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

Good points made by Heather Bricchetti of @BusinessNYS. #COVID19 pandemic has created a $14B deficit in NYS. A government-run health care system, which would hike NYS taxes by $250+B, would make this even worse - and couldn't guarantee any better response to the current crisis.

[New York HPA @NYHPA]

As Heather Bricchetti @BusinessNYS points out in today’s @EMPIREREPORTNY in discussing #COVID19 & push for #singlepayer “every major nation, regardless of how they fund their health care system, has been challenged with containing the virus” https://t.co/JVaD5VTOck

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

Small businesses also oppose #SinglePayer. Advocates promise it will be "better" but how do we really know that? We shouldn't give up benefits where we decide we want and need in exchange for a government-run plan where we have no idea of what it will actually provide.

[Realities of Single Payer @SinglePayFacts]

.@CSEALocal1000 president explains why the union is opposed to single payer in NY.

"I don't buy it because as I've just said we've sacrificed for years to get the quality health care that we've negotiated. We have no idea what single payer will provide." https://t.co/MCCQrj4CqM

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

NY's #1 - and that's not a good thing. "New York imposes the highest tax burden of any state. It is far higher than even California, known as a high-tax state and one with an exceptionally strong economy." https://t.co/nEdRO78LCJ via @CrainsNewYork

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

Small Businesses Like Proposed Tax Cut, But Say More Help is Needed A chief concern - taxes on health insurance. "Enough is enough." https://t.co/epaiA4Y0l1

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

We agree with @nfib_ny - NY must not raise taxes on health insurance. Our members already struggle to afford coverage and raising taxes on that coverage just makes the challenge harder.

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

Biz Groups: Don't Tax Private Health Insurance To Fill Medicaid Gap https://t.co/1BeTx0qy76

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

We agree w/Sen. Serino on call to reinstate the Healthcare Quality and Cost Containment Commission.

[Bill Hammond @NYHammond]

Serino wants the Cuomo administration to reinstate the Healthcare Quality and Cost Containment Commission, which was meant to vet the costs & benefits of proposed insurance mandates but never got off the ground. A great idea. Background: https://t.co/iD0TKddald

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

This is worth reading. Good analysis of the #NYHA #SinglePayer proposal.

[Realities of Single Payer @SinglePayFacts]

"The sponsors of this bill are asking us to abandon our current coverage for a completely unknown system, with unknown costs, with unknown increases" https://t.co/uNP85QuN1J

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

When ppl say health insurance is too expensive, it's because health costs are expensive. If we could address affordability in health care, then access to coverage would be much easier.

[New York HPA @NYHPA]

Making health care affordable requires addressing #RunawayRx prices. One example: when Eli Lilly’s Humalog first came out in 1996 a 1-month supply of insulin was $21. In 2001, the price increased by $14 to $35. Today it costs around $275. A 1200% increase on the original price!

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

Sending our best wishes to you
@SenatorSeward
- here's to a speedy recovery.

[Mike Elmendorf @MikeElmendorf]

Sending best wishes for a full and speedy recover to my friend, @SenatorSeward—a serious and thoughtful legislator and always the consummate gentleman. Get well soon, Senator.

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

State efforts have failed. Single payer is not the answer. Let's work on what works and fix what doesn't. That's the best road toward universal health care. https://t.co/1VgmY6gFFO via @WSJ

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

The cost of #MedicareforAll? New anaylsis shows it is more than the federal government will spend over the coming decade on Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid - combined. https://t.co/J6FVoemG6S

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

While it's probably legal, does anyone else have a problem with them essentially paying people to attend this event? #NYHA, which will require employers to pay 80% of a payroll tax to fund #singlepayer, is not the answer to NY's health care problems.

[Campaign for New York Health 🍎 @NYHCampaign]

We need you at the upstate healthcare hearing on #UniversalHealthcare in Rochester on October 10. https://t.co/KfYj21bne5

@NYHCampaign
@nynurses
@1199SEIU
@MetroJustice
@ROCitizenNY

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

ICYMI: Vermont's attempt at single payer - instead of showing us how it would work, it showed us why it would fail. NYS Lawmakers should take note. https://t.co/FBM5fyRjeg

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

"progressives’ eagerness to upend the entire $3.5 trillion U.S. health care system while canceling the current health insurance of 217 million Americans is based on some serious misconceptions" https://t.co/yBkArI35Wa via @Newsday

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

ICYMI: a new poll shows employers have “significant reservations” about #MedicareForAll, #SinglePayer health care. Concerned costs will go up and quality will suffer. https://t.co/36f3HTSjsT #FoxBusiness

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

The advocates of #SinglePayer, #NYHA don't like to acknowledge this.

[Empire Center @empirecenter]

Under the heavy taxes necessary to finance single-payer in New York, an economic downturn could easily open a budget hole in the tens of billions of dollars. https://t.co/9Pqtw3FwVo

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

The cost of coverage is concerning for employers-especially small businesses that already struggle to afford it. But it's important to remember that coverage is expensive because the underlying cost of care is expensive and we're not doing enough to address those costs.

[New York HPA @NYHPA]

Good point by Niall Brennan from @HealthCostInst on what’s driving rising premiums in today’s @WSJ Increases in the price of services, particularly for hospital care, driving premiums. https://t.co/d6gnHBtk6p

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

ICYMI: A good commentary from @senatorgallivan on why a sigle payer system is not the answer for New York.

[Realities of Single Payer @SinglePayFacts]

.@senatorgallivan: Proposed New York Health Act would be too costly

https://t.co/mxW8mQ1f0E

[Employer Alliance @EmployerAllianc]

When people learn what the true cost of a single payer system is, support for such a system falls.

[Realities of Single Payer @SinglePayFacts]

Support for single payer proposals is dropping as more people find out what those would actually entail https://t.co/CDFloQLr5H