Main Street Freedom Alliance

The Main Street Freedom Alliance believes that small business should be able to choose what type of health insurance they offer employees.

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Current efforts by policymakers to force everyone into govt-run #healthcare would eliminate choices small businesses want for their employees. Our government should be supporting small businesses by reducing red tape in healthcare, not increasing it. https://t.co/RVCYyxdhZS

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

When big hospital systems & big insurers consolidate, Main Street employers & their employees are left paying more through higher premiums, narrower networks, larger deductibles, and more cost-sharing.
https://t.co/YS7Q2QRpZj

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

42% of Michigan #smallbusiness say they're 1-3 years away from not being able to offer #health insurance if increases continue as they are now https://t.co/97KicvD29z

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

#Smallbusiness owners - employers with 50 or fewer employees - 30% said that healthcare costs are worsening their business situation
https://t.co/v2C6OcKkkh

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Big hospitals use market power to raise prices. Big insurers have little reason to compete. Small businesses get squeezed in the middle — paying more for higher premiums, narrower networks, bigger deductibles, and fewer real choices. https://t.co/YS7Q2QRpZj

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

More than half of small business leaders cite health insurance costs as a barrier to offering coverage. Average single plan premiums up 120% since 2006. 98% of #smallbusiness owners fear they won't able to afford coverage in 5 years. https://t.co/YS7Q2QRpZj

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

One high-cost medical case can seriously damage a #smallbusiness’s finances. If policymakers want to make health coverage more affordable for Main Street, they need to confront hospital and insurer consolidation head-on. Learn more: https://t.co/YS7Q2QRpZj

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Virginia’s pharmaceutical sector supports 55.5K jobs & millions of labor hours statewide. Policies that impose price controls and punish companies for leaving the market risk undermining one of the Commonwealth’s fastest-growing industries. @GovernorVA must veto the #PDAB bill

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

#Virginia has worked hard to attract major life sciences investment.
📍 Merck – Elkton
📍 Eli Lilly – Goochland
📍 AstraZeneca – Albemarle
Price control policies like those proposed in the PDAB bill could put future projects—and jobs—at risk.

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Small businesses offer health insurance not as a perk but practical necessity. Now rising premiums have many #smallbusiness owners worried they won't be able to offer it much longer. One reason: consolidation among hospital systems & insurance companies.
https://t.co/LZwoqDcwRw

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Hospital & insurer monopolies are driving forces behind skyrocketing #health costs that are making it too expensive for #SmallBiz owners to offer coverage to employees.
https://t.co/vsTRgnR3UP via @WY_Boomerang

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Addressing health care costs means addressing their largest driver: Hospitals. A new report looks at how hospitals are federally financed. The takeaway: it's time to break up the monopolies.
https://t.co/e3H1D8jUaP

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Consolidation of hospital systems and insurance companies is increasing #healthcare costs and making it harder for #smallbusiness employees to access and afford care.

https://t.co/l5ofbXe6SZ

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Maryland's Prescription Drug Affordability Board has set its first price cap for a medicine, which could make it more difficult for residents to access a widely prescribed diabetes treatment
https://t.co/jXfiEbbJiq

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

A bill in Colorado would exempt *some* drugs from the state's Prescription Drug Affordability Board's price setting, but all Coloradans should be concerned about limited access to their needed medications
https://t.co/cpYRkpOUdI

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

The #Illinois bill creating a board to set #drugprices will limit access to needed medications for millions of residents in the state. Lawmakers must veto it! https://t.co/YNa63EOTM5

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‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses https://t.co/4wSOrvvB6A via @tradeoffspod

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Last year, #Virginia secured $12.5 BILLION in pharma manufacturing investments:
💊 $5B – Eli Lilly (Goochland)
💊 $4.5B – AstraZeneca (Albemarle)
💊 $3B – Merck (Elkton)
Gov't price controls in #SB271 risk future investments. @GovernorVA must protect the state's future.

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

Virginia’s economic development strategy depends on partnerships:
🏫 Universities like@JMU
📷Community colleges like BRCC
📷@Merck in Elkton.
#SB271 risks sending the wrong message to the life sciences industry. @GovernorVA

[Main Street Freedom Alliance @MainStFreedom]

#Virginia has worked hard to attract major life sciences investment.
📍 Merck–Elkton
📍 Eli Lilly–Goochland
📍 AstraZeneca–Albemarle
@GovernorVA should be asking, will price control policies in #SB271 encourage the next $5B pharma facility to choose Virginia or another state?