Debate on Health Care Continues

The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee continues the process of working through their draft health care reform bill and will continue in July after the congressional recess. The committee is expected to address the more controversial components of the legislation at that time.  The Senate Finance Committee had intended to begin debating their own version of health care reform legislation but they have postponed the debate until July.  The committee leaders continue to work on the draft in an attempt to find bipartisan support.  The initial cost projections from the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office have complicated the debate. In the House, the three committees of jurisdiction, Ways and Means, Energy and Commerce and Education and Labor Committees, released their own draft legislation this week. AGC will provide comments to the committees on the impact of the employer mandate on the industry.