Construction Industry Targeted in Health Care Reform

As Democratic Congressional leaders race to merge competing Senate and House health care reform proposals into one package, small employers in the construction industry remain the only employers explicitly targeted with removal from small business exemptions. All businesses with less than 50 employees are exempted from the employer mandate except construction firms. The Las Vegas Sun explored this issue in today's business section, and included interviews with AGC and the Las Vegas Chapter of AGC. AGC has also created a letter on the Legislative Action Center for members to use to urge elected officials to remove the provision from the final bill. For more information, contact Jim Young at (202) 547-0133 or youngj@agc.org.