2.2: Policies
Work with national and state business groups, along with key federal and state officials, to ensure that policies and their
implementation are beneficial to small businesses
Other Information:
We work with other national and state business groups, along with key federal and state officials, to ensure that policies
and their implementation are beneficial to small businesses.
Stakeholder(s):
- Business Groups: We organized a meeting of national and state small business groups with the US House Tri-Committee staff charged with drafting
healthcare reform.
- Congressional Leadership: We have met privately with US cabinet members, congressional leadership, and individual senators and representatives to discuss
key healthcare, energy and other policies as they relate to small business needs.
- California State Legislature: We were invited to meet with senior leadership and health policy staff of the California State Legislature, including the
state health and human services secretary, to share our views on how a healthcare exchange should be established and managed.
- Pacific Business Group on Health: We jointly initiated a working group with the Pacific Business Group on Health, California Chamber of Commerce and Small Business
California, to develop common positions on issues surrounding the implementation of a successful state exchange.
- California Chamber of Commerce
- Small Business California
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