Day: July 20, 2009

NOBODY will benefit more from the health care reform bill, HR 3200, now making its way through the House of Representatives than the commonwealth’s small businesses. Yet some of the official lobbyists for small business, such as the National Federation of Independent Businesses, are fighting to block it. The NFIB doesn’t actually represent most small businesses in the country. And what’s worse—this is the dirty little secret of health-care lobbying— the leaders of this and other business advocacy organizations are fighting insurance reform out of their own self-interest, not out of a concern for their own members. Continue reading