WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Small Business heard from a panel of experts on new and emerging technologies used to train medical professionals.
“Health care is a constantly changing field, with new technologies emerging every day. The advanced technologies of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Robotics, and Telehealth or Telemedicine are trending now. Each of these… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, the House Committee on Small Business heard from physicians about the administrative hurdles faced by small medical practices.
“Methods such as prior authorization and step therapy were introduced to reduce unnecessary procedures, prevent overprescription of dangerously addictive drugs, and reduce human error,” said Ranking Member Steve Chabot (R-OH). … Read more »
WASHINGTON – House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement after the proposed rule on Health Reimbursement Arrangements (HRA) by the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and the Treasury was published on October 29.
“Since 2013, the year before many of Obamacare’s regulations and mandates took effect, premiums have doubled for… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Subcommittee Chairmen Rod Blum (R-IA), and Trent Kelly (R-MS) sent a letter to the Honorable R. Alexander Acosta, Secretary of the United States Department of Labor and Ms. Loren Sweatt, Deputy Assistant Secretary to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA), requesting a thorough review of the regulation and analysis of… Read more »
WASHINGTON – This week, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released a statement about the Committee’s ongoing inquiry with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) regarding the agency’s enforcement of the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) employer mandate and its effect on America’s small businesses.
“After receiving additional data and information from the IRS, it’s… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement on the Department of Labor’s (DOL) new rule on Association Health Plans:
“Today’s actions by the Department of Labor are a life raft to the 30 million American small businesses and startups struggling with the burdensome regulations Obamacare imposed on them. I applaud… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Today, Members of the Committee on Small Business Subcommittee on Investigations, Oversight, and Regulations heard from a panel of experts on entrepreneurial development and the interdependent relationship between a community and small businesses.
“With 29.6 million small businesses employing 47.8 percent of the workforce, small business success is essential to the economic… Read more »
WASHINGTON—Today, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement after the Department of Labor(DOL) published a proposed rule expanding the definition of “employer” to allow more small business employees and sole proprietors to access health insurance through Small Business Health Plans (also known as Association Health Plans):
“While the… Read more »
WASHINGTON – This week, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) sent a letter to David Kautter, Acting Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), requesting more information about the IRS’s recent enforcement of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) employer mandate.
While ACA exempted businesses with 50 or fewer employees from the employer mandate, businesses… Read more »
WASHINGTON - Today, House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) released the following statement upon House passage yesterday of H.R. 3441, the Save Local Business Act, legislation that will reverse an Obama-era scheme that threatens small businesses. Chairman Chabot is an original co-sponsor of the bill and, earlier this year, sent a letter to the House… Read more »
