H.R. 3590 – Unfair Healthcare Requirements for Construction Firms
NAHB leaders are continuing to fight for the removal of a provision in the Senate’s health care legislation that would have an enormous impact on the construction industry.
Oregon Democrat Jeff Merkley added language late to Senate health care legislation H.R. 3590 that requires small construction firms with more than five workers to provide health care coverage or face stiff fines. Meanwhile, small businesses in all other industries would be exempt from providing mandatory health coverage if they employ 50 workers or less.
NAHB has launched a grassroots effort to members about the legislation, and leaders continue to work with lawmakers in both chambers for removal of the Merkley provision from the final legislation.
Rep. Bart Gordon, D-Tennessee, and Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Arkansas, have taken the lead on the issue. Gordon and 15 other House members have called the provision as devastating and one that “unjustly targets an industry trying to keep its doors open during the worst downturn since the Great Depression.”
• Read the legislation. Type HR 3590 and click bill number in box.
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