Patients bill of rights
legislation threatens to increase the liability
employers face, and the increased risk of
lawsuits will drive many small business owners
to drop coverage altogether, says Dan Danner,
NFIB's vice president of Federal Public
Policy.
The No. 1 reason small businesses
don't provide health coverage is cost, says
Danner. Lawsuits would raise costs even more.
forcing many small employers to stop offering
coverage. Raising the cost of health care is the
wrong medicine for the wrong ailment, at the
wrong time.
5.3.1999
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