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WASHINGTON – House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) and Ranking Member Nydia Velázquez (D-NY) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in asking Health and Human Services Secretary Sylvia Matthews Burwell to review new Medicare regulations that may harm small medical laboratories and the senior citizens they serve. The letter was signed by several members of the Small Business Committee in response to concerns over the Department of Health and Human Services implementation of the... Read more

Subcommittee Probes Failure of Law’s Small Biz Tax Credit WASHINGTON – On the day before the six year anniversary of the enactment of Obamacare, small business owners and experts told Congress that one of the law’s key tax provisions has failed to help employees of small companies to get affordable health insurance coverage as promised. As the April 15th filing deadline for federal income taxes approaches, many small business owners are expressing frustration as they try to provide health insur... Read more

WASHINGTON – House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) made the following statement after voting to override President Obama’s veto of a measure to repeal the central pillars of ObamaCare. “As long as ObamaCare remains in effect, America’s small businesses and the people they employ will continue to suffer its outrageous costs and burdensome mandates. We must continue to do everything we can to get this unworkable, unaffordable law off the books as soon as possible and replace ... Read more

Under Obama, Small Businesses Get Hit Worst and First WASHINGTON - House Committee on Small Business Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) made the following statement about what he expects from President Obama’s final State of the Union address tonight: “Small business owners tell me a very different story than the one I expect President Obama to tell tonight. When President Obama circumvents Congress and takes executive action, small businesses get hit worst and they get hit first. From the unworkable,... Read more

WASHINGTON – House Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) praised legislation approved by the U.S. House today to repeal the heart of Obamacare. Passage of this sweeping bill comes days after the health care law’s onerous employer mandate went into effect for small businesses with as few as fifty full-time employees. The measure will now go to President Obama’s desk for his signature or veto. “For over five years, America’s small businesses have been paying the price for the Presi... Read more

WASHINGTON - Small Business Committee Chairman Steve Chabot (R-OH) said the following in response to two private surveys released this week on the burden of Obamacare on America's small businesses: "The results of the National Small Business Association and National Federation of Independent Business surveys released yesterday provide further evidence that Obamacare was poorly designed and horrendously implemented. It is unacceptable that small businesses and their employees continue to face hug... Read more

House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement on Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services’ (CMS) decision to delay the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) ‘employee choice’ option until at least 2016, further limiting the breadth of choice that was originally envisioned, which could lead to increased premium costs. “Today’s announcement from CMS is yet another in a long line of bad news and signs of poor management of SHOP,” said Chairman G... Read more

House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) today wrote to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Marilyn Tavenner to again request information about the Small Business Health Options Program (SHOP) enrollment. In January, Graves requested enrollment numbers and related information from Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius. Under the health care law’s rules, costs will increase for nearly two-thirds of small businesses that provide health in... Read more

The Small Business Subcommittee on Contracting and Workforce, led by Chairman Richard Hanna (R-NY), today held a hearing to examine the effect of the President's health care law on self-employed businesses in America. “Many self-employed businesses have experienced higher health insurance costs, shrinking provider networks, and coverage confusion since Obamacare was signed into law,” said Chairman Hanna. “This hearing provided a valuable dialogue about the effect of the health law on a segment o... Read more

House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) released the following statement on House passage of the Suspending the Individual Mandate Penalty Law Equals (SIMPLE) Fairness Act (HR 4118), ahead of Thursday’s Subcommittee hearing on how Obamacare is affecting self-employed businesses: “The employer mandate has been delayed for most companies, but self-employed businesses are still unfairly accountable to the requirements of the health law,” said Chairman Graves. “In fairness, the adm... Read more