California Insurers and Business Groups Push Affordability Campaign

The California Association of Health Plans (CAHP) is leading an effort to raise awareness of the potential negative impacts of policy proposals under consideration by the state legislature with op-eds published in various newspapers in the state.

The California Businesses for Affordable Health Care (CABAH), a CAHP funded organization, recently highlighted an op-ed in Capitol Weekly by Michael Hedges, President of the California Small Business Association and founder of Pacific Trux. The op-ed sounded the alarm on how proposed health care mandates and state policy changes are threatening the affordability of employer-sponsored health insurance for small and mid-sized businesses.

CABAH also secured publication of a second op-ed authored by small business owner Lorraine Salazar this week in the Fresno Bee, Modesto Bee, Sacramento Bee, Merced Sun-Star, and SLO Tribune. Salazar’s op-ed discusses how state lawmakers are burdening small businesses with costly health care mandates.