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Times Herald-Record: Orange County Business Owners Tell Hayworth About Concerns

Friday August 17, 2012

 

MONTGOMERY — A group of Hudson Valley business owners discussed their concerns Thursday about federal policy — mainly related to health care and government regulation — with Rep. Nan Hayworth.
 
Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, and the National Federation of Independent Business hosted the roundtable, which was held at the Orange County Chamber of Commerce office. Most of the people there were supportive of Republican economic policies, worried about the future and critical of the effect they fear current tax and health care policies will have on the economy.
 
Michael Durant, state director of the NFIB, said many of his members have said it'll be cheaper for them to pay the fines for not covering their employees rather than offer the insurance required by the national health care bill passed in 2010.
 
Tom Sipos, who is retired from the insurance business and has been involved in many economic development efforts in Dutchess County over the years, said he thinks the bill will price many private insurers out of business, leading more people who have private insurance into the government system.
 
"There's going to be a thin layer of private care, and everyone else will have state-funded care," Hayworth said.
MONTGOMERY — A group of Hudson Valley business owners discussed their concerns Thursday about federal policy — mainly related to health care and government regulation — with Rep. Nan Hayworth.
 
Hayworth, R-Mount Kisco, and the National Federation of Independent Business hosted the roundtable, which was held at the Orange County Chamber of Commerce office. Most of the people there were supportive of Republican economic policies, worried about the future and critical of the effect they fear current tax and health care policies will have on the economy.
 
Michael Durant, state director of the NFIB, said many of his members have said it'll be cheaper for them to pay the fines for not covering their employees rather than offer the insurance required by the national health care bill passed in 2010.
 
Tom Sipos, who is retired from the insurance business and has been involved in many economic development efforts in Dutchess County over the years, said he thinks the bill will price many private insurers out of business, leading more people who have private insurance into the government system.
 
"There's going to be a thin layer of private care, and everyone else will have state-funded care," Hayworth said.
 
This article was written by Nathan Brown and published by Times Herald-Record on August 17, 2012 and can be found here.