Business Roundtable to Congress on Health Care Reform: Get It Right.WASHINGTON -- "We are at a critical juncture junc·ture n. The point, line, or surface of union of two parts. on the road to health care reform. Three years ago, we entered this debate with four simple principles to achieve the right reform: * Create greater consumer value in the health care marketplace; * Provide more affordable health insurance options for all Americans; * Place an obligation on all Americans to have health insurance coverage; and * Offer health care coverage and assistance to low-income, uninsured individuals and families. "Senate Finance Committee Chairman Max Baucus Max Sieben Baucus (born December 11 1941) is the senior United States Senator from Montana and is a member of the Democratic Party. Baucus is currently chairman of the United States Senate Committee on Finance and 10th Longest-serving current Senator. has put forward a bold framework for health care reform that builds on what works and improves what doesn't. It's a good start. "However, we must strengthen and improve the efficiencies in the system to reduce overall costs sooner. We must correct the mismatch mismatch 1. in blood transfusions and transplantation immunology, an incompatibility between potential donor and recipient. 2. one or more nucleotides in one of the double strands in a nucleic acid molecule without complementary nucleotides in the same position on the other of the timing of these reforms and the individual obligations so that it doesn't exacerbate the cost shift on those employers who pay. An increased cost shift to our companies, who provide health care coverage to more than 35 million workers and their families, has a direct impact on employers' ability to create jobs and secure our country's economic footing. "We remain committed to working with Congress and the White House to get this bill right," said Antonio M. Perez Antonio M. Perez is the current CEO of The Eastman Kodak Company, based in Rochester, NY. Perez has been part of Kodak since 2001. In February 2007, he led a launch event at Studio 8H in New York City to support the launch of the new Kodak EasyShare all-in-one printers supported by the , Chairman and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Eastman Kodak Company and Chair of Business Roundtable's Consumer Health and Retirement Initiative. Business Roundtable Business Roundtable (BRT), an association consisting of the chief executive officers of major U.S. corporations that was founded in 1972 through the merger of the three preexisting business organizations. is an association of chief executive officers of leading U.S. companies with more than $5 trillion in annual revenues and more than 10 million employees. Member companies comprise nearly a third of the total value of the U.S. stock markets and pay nearly half of all corporate income taxes paid to the federal government. Annually, they return $133 billion in dividends to shareholders and the economy. Business Roundtable companies provide health care coverage to more than 35 million employees, retirees and their families. Please visit us at www.businessroundtable.org, check us out on Facebook and LinkedIn, and follow us on Twitter A Web site and service that lets users send short text messages from their cellphones to a group of friends. Launched in 2006, Twitter (www.twitter.com) was designed for people to broadcast their current activities and thoughts. . |
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