Friday, January 15, 2010
Rockefeller Faces Health Care Questions
WEST VIRGINIA...
Sen. Jay Rockefeller met with small business owners Thursday in Beckley to hear firsthand the struggles they face in offering and obtaining health care benefits. The West Virginia Democrat was questioned about a compromise health reform bill being debated in Congress. Century 21 franchise owner Mike Tyree asked Rockefeller why he’s considering voting in favor of the bill? Rockefeller replied, “We’re not going to get one Republican vote. I have to live with that. That means that every single Democrat has to be for this bill.“It’s kind of a one-party undertaking, which really makes things hard,” he said. Rockefeller said small business owners who have fewer than 50 employees will get up to a 35 percent subsidy to help pay for employees’ insurance. In 2014, the subsidy will increase to 50 percent. Rockefeller said, “I’m not claiming perfection here. I’m claiming a massive undertaking ... I want health care to be on the plate every single year. It’s too important to discuss every 25 years and to reinvent the wheel.”
Sen. Jay Rockefeller met with small business owners Thursday in Beckley to hear firsthand the struggles they face in offering and obtaining health care benefits. The West Virginia Democrat was questioned about a compromise health reform bill being debated in Congress. Century 21 franchise owner Mike Tyree asked Rockefeller why he’s considering voting in favor of the bill? Rockefeller replied, “We’re not going to get one Republican vote. I have to live with that. That means that every single Democrat has to be for this bill.“It’s kind of a one-party undertaking, which really makes things hard,” he said. Rockefeller said small business owners who have fewer than 50 employees will get up to a 35 percent subsidy to help pay for employees’ insurance. In 2014, the subsidy will increase to 50 percent. Rockefeller said, “I’m not claiming perfection here. I’m claiming a massive undertaking ... I want health care to be on the plate every single year. It’s too important to discuss every 25 years and to reinvent the wheel.”
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