Main Street Alliance member Steve Vidmar, owner of Friendly Farms in DeKalb, was published today in the Daily Chronicle. Great letter Steve! Health care on the farm To the editor: As Congress moves forward with health care reform, I think it is important it hears from small business owners like me. I run Friendly Farms [...]
Posted: April 29, 2009 This morning, the House Ways & Means Committee held a hearing titled "Health Reform in the 21st Century: Employer Sponsored Insurance." Among the witnesses was Kelly Conklin, a cabinet maker by trade and co-owner of Foley-Waite Associates in Bloomfield, NJ. Conklin had a simple message for the Committee: we need [...]
Jody Hall from the Washington Small Business for Secure Health Care and Dr. Melba Bonelli from the New Jersey Main Street Alliance were at the White House this morning! They co-starred in a roundtable discussion with Nancy-Ann DeParle, Director of the White House Office of Health Reform. Read more in the press release below: Small [...]
This from KaiserNetwork.org…. Kaiser Daily Health Policy Report Capitol Hill Watch | House Votes 227-196 To Affirm Democrats’ Option To Use Budget Reconciliation Process To Fast-Track Health Care Legislation [Apr 23, 2009] The House on Wednesday voted 227-196 against a Republican proposal that would have instructed its conferees to reject the use of the budget [...]
Posted April 24. That’s right – small business owners from two of the Alliance network’s state coalitions will be attending the White House Office of Health Reform’s roundtable with small business owners hosted by Nancy-Ann DeParle this morning. The event starts at 11am ET and will be streamed live at www.healthreform.gov and www.whitehouse.gov. Jody Hall, [...]
Great coverage of the April 18th Rally on Huffington Post! threeup_js(‘Politics’, ’188603′, ’1′); document.write(‘Your request is being processed…’); Your request is being processed… Miles J. Zaremski Posted April 21, 2009 | 12:51 PM (EST) Health Care Reform Rally a First for Chicago By Miles Zaremski According to the organizers of a rally for health [...]
Local Small Business Owner Testifies on Health Care Reform Illinois Main Street Alliance member and owner of Hel’s Kitchen Catering Northbrook, David Borris, testified before the House Ways and Means Committee on Tuesday morning. David spoke about insurance market reform from a small business perspective. Mr. Borris was the sole small-business representative on a [...]
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand meets with Luis Robayo and Sherriann Cumberbatch (right), small business owners and members of Small Business United for Health Care, and Theo Oshiro and Sara Cullinane from Make the Road New York at Monday’s health care roundtable. On Monday April 13th, Small Business United for Health Care and the [...]
Posted April 17 As the April Congressional recess draws to a close this weekend, one thing is perfectly clear: the health reform train is getting ready to leave the station. Members of Congress have been making hundreds of public appearances across the country over the past two weeks, and health care has been front [...]
Bob Haskin of Zip Specialties in Wheeling was featured in Crain’s Chicago Business this weekend. Read his story below. From this week’s Focus The health care debate By: Kevin Davis April 06, 2009 As President Barack Obama makes his pitch for health care reform, big business — including some of Chicago’s largest corporations — [...]