Overhaul Divides Business and Its Traditional GOP Allies

By NEIL KING JR. WSJ.com

WASHINGTON — Business is parting from its traditional allies in the Republican Party on health care as companies and big corporate lobbyists lend tentative support to a congressional overhaul that conservative lawmakers staunchly oppose.

The rift mirrors a similar divide on other issues, including immigration and climate change, where many companies have backed legislative action that Republican lawmakers oppose.

Overhaul Divides Business and Its Traditional GOP Allies – WSJ.com

Hewitt Develops Health Care Reform Report for Business Roundtable -

Business Roundtable, an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies, recently commissioned Hewitt Associates to develop a new report that explores the cost of inaction around health care reform and identifies ways to build an improved, and more efficient delivery system.
Health Care Reform: The Perils of Inaction and the Promise of Effective Action, issued on September 15, 2009, reveals that annual per employee health care costs will triple to nearly $29,000 over the next decade without significant marketplace reforms that reduce costs, expand coverage, and improve delivery.

Key findings of the report include:

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