House Committee on Education and Labor
U.S. House of Representatives

Labor Issues

Health Care

The rising cost of health insurance premiums is number one problem facing small business in this country, and a major factor in the number of uninsured or underinsured Americans.  Estimates indicate 60 percent or more of the working uninsured work for or depend on small employers who lack the ability to provide health benefits for their workers.  Working families should not have to face the struggles of everyday life without health insurance.  All Americans should have affordable health insurance coverage options, and Republicans are committed to creating affordable options to help working families get the health care they need and deserve.

Republicans are dedicated to reaching innovative solutions for both uninsured Americans and small businesses that often are harmed and even put out of business by the soaring costs of health care and complex bureaucratic systems.  As in years past, House Republicans will continue to advocate for and support legislation that improves access to health care for uninsured working families by creating small business health plans (SBHPs), which allow small businesses to join together to purchase health insurance at a lower cost.

Press Releases

Kline: Congressional Budget Office Analysis Reveals Hidden Costs of Democrats’ Student Loan Scheme (July 28, 2009)

Kline: International Health Care Horror Stories Must Not Be Ignored (July 23, 2009)

Reckless Rush to Enact Partisan Health Care Plan Continues (July 17, 2009)

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Member Views

Kline op-ed at Townhall.com: Democrats' Health Care "Reform": The Next Job Killer (July 10, 2009)

Health Care & the Democrats’ Fuzzy Math:
Spend More to Save? (June 8, 2009)

McKeon op-ed in The Hill: Cure should not be worse than disease (February 11, 2009)

Fact Sheets

America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (H.R. 3200) (July 30, 2009)

What Price Health Care Reform? (July 30, 2009)

Democrats Reject Bipartisan Mental Health Parity
Reforms in Favor of Costly New Mandates (March 5, 2008)

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Dear Colleagues

Two Reasons Why NOT to use DSM for Coverage Purposes (March 5, 2008)

Employers Favor a Responsible Mental Health Parity Bill (March 5, 2008)

On the Minimum Wage, There IS a Better Way (January 9, 2007)

Left Turns

Small Business in the Crosshairs (July 15, 2009)

Even Democrat-on-Democrat Infighting Not Enough to Slow Frantic Government Takeover of Health Care (July 14, 2009)

When Cutting Costs Means Cutting Care (July 7, 2009)

Floor Statements

Boustany Statement on Genetic Information Non Discrimination Act (H.R. 493) (April 25, 2007)

McKeon Statement on Fair Minimum Wage Act (H.R. 2) (January 10, 2007)

Committee Statements

McKeon Statement: Markup of H.R. 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (July 15, 2009)

Petri Statement: Markup of H.R. 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (July 15, 2009)

Kline Statement: Markup of H.R. 3200, the America’s Affordable Health Choices Act (July 15, 2009)

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