Healthcare Forum and Webcast

On Monday, July 26th, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce [“the Chamber”] will partner with the National Federation of Independent Business [NFIB] and the American Action Forum [“AAF”] to host a forum entitled “Behind the Curtain: The Health Care Law’s Impact on Small Business”. The event will feature Washington experts and opinion leaders, as well as the entrepreneurs who run small businesses and create American jobs. Some of the highlights will include:

  • Senator Mike Johanns (R-NE), who recently introduced S. 3758, the “Small Business Paperwork Mandate Elimination Act”, a bill to protect small business owners from the financial burden of filing the endless amount of 1099 forms the health care law requires.
  • Scott Womack, an IHOP franchisee who has created 100s of jobs, who also crunched the numbers and has serious concerns about the effects the new health care law will have on his company.
  • Doug Holtz-Eakin, president of the American Action Forum . In the past he was Director of the Congressional Budget Office, Washington’s top budget prognosticator, and he also served as the Chief Economist on the President’s Council of Economic Advisers. He will be releasing a new white paper discussing the impact the new health care law will have on small business.
  • Bill Rys and Bob Graboyes of NFIB, James Gelfand of the Chamber, and Michael Ramlet of AAF. These policy analysts will discuss important provisions in the new health care law.
  • Benefits advisor Tom Christina (Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.) and two entrepreneurs, Joe Olivo (Perfect Printing, Inc.) and Eric Oppenheim (Burger King franchisee). This panel will discuss how the new law is affecting their businesses.

The Chamber, NFIB, and AAF will pull back the curtain on the new law, placing the spotlight directly on the entrepreneurs who will feel the financial and regulatory impact of the health care law – some of the people who constitute the nation’s real economic engine, who are the key to creating enterprise and lifting the U.S. out of the recession.

Click here to register for this free event (to be held at Chamber headquarters), or to view the webcast from anywhere.