Local business leaders participating in Business Forward briefings rank healthcare as their top concern year after year.
For decades, rising healthcare costs have made it harder for companies to raise wages, made our exports less competitive, discouraged workers from switching to better jobs, and crowded out government spending on education, infrastructure, and other priorities. The Affordable Care Act brought tens of millions of Americans into health insurance markets, addressed the problem of pre-existing conditions, and slowed healthcare inflation.
Business leaders participating in our briefings offer specific, non-partisan, market-tested solutions. Local business leaders can keep health care reform on track.
Our work on healthcare also encompasses making it easier and cheaper to access reproductive healthcare and paid leave. Improving access helps ensure everyone can fully participate in the economy, boosting GDP and workforce participation rates.
Reports
Media
Briefing: ACA Marketplace Open Enrollment with Secretary Becerra and Administrator Guzman
Healthcare, Small Business
Briefing: White House officials on the Inflation Reduction Act, Healthcare Tax Credits, & Lowering Prescription Drug Costs
Climate & Clean Energy, Healthcare, ...
Briefing: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on the Affordable Care Act and Medicaid
Healthcare
Briefing: Biden Policy Director Stef Feldman On The Caring Economy
Healthcare, Small Business, ...
Briefing: Larry Levitt on the ACA as a Safety Net During Covid-19
Healthcare
CONGRESSMAN KURT SCHRADER ON BIPARTISAN HEALTH CARE REFORM
Healthcare
CALL WITH AMI BERA, M.D. ON THE STATE OF AFFORDABLE HEALTH CARE
Healthcare
News & Events
STATEMENT FROM LIZ FAIRCHILD ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
Climate & Clean Energy, Healthcare, ...
CORPORATE LEADERS CALL ON CONGRESS TO PROMPTLY PASS THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT OF 2022
Climate & Clean Energy, Healthcare, ...
STATEMENT FROM LIZ FAIRCHILD ON THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT
Climate & Clean Energy, Healthcare, ...
STATEMENT FROM LIZ FAIRCHILD ON THE URGENT NEED FOR THE BUILD BACK BETTER ACT
Climate & Clean Energy, Diversity & Inclusion, ...
STATEMENT FROM LIZ FAIRCHILD IN RESPONSE TO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S EXECUTIVE ORDER IMPROVING SERVICE DELIVERY FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
Healthcare, Tax
STATEMENT FROM LIZ FAIRCHILD ON THE EMERGENCY TEMPORARY STANDARD ISSUED BY OSHA
Future of Work, Healthcare
STATEMENT FROM JIM DOYLE ON THE PASSAGE OF TEXAS LAW SB8
Gender Gap, Healthcare
STATEMENT FROM LIZ FAIRCHILD IN SUPPORT OF THE BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION’S CARE ECONOMY PROPOSALS
Gender Gap, Healthcare, ...
BRIEFING: HHS SECRETARY BECERRA & SBA ADMINISTRATOR GUZMAN ON OPEN ENROLLMENT
Healthcare, Small Business
HOW BUSINESS LEADERS MAKE THE CASE FOR REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS
Gender Gap, Healthcare, ...
WHAT THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT MEANS FOR YOUR SMALL BUSINESS AND LOCAL ECONOMY
Climate & Clean Energy, Healthcare, ...
THE INFLATION REDUCTION ACT DOESN’T RAISE YOUR TAXES: IT JUST MAKES IT HARDER FOR THE WEALTHIEST AMERICANS TO CHEAT
Climate & Clean Energy, Healthcare, ...
BRIEFING: U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES ON THE AFFORDABLE CARE ACT AND MEDICAID
Healthcare
180+ BUSINESS LEADERS SIGN IN SUPPORT OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
Access to Capital, Climate & Clean Energy, ...
NEW REPORT ON EXPANDING MEDICAID IN FLORIDA
Healthcare
NEW REPORT ON EXPANDING MEDICAID IN NORTH CAROLINA
Healthcare
NEW REPORT ON EXPANDING MEDICAID IN TEXAS
Healthcare
NEW REPORT ON EXPANDING MEDICAID
Healthcare
Why a national paid leave policy is good for business
Gender Gap, Healthcare
NEW REPORT ON THE SAFETY NET WE NEED
Healthcare
NEW REPORT ON THE BUSINESS CASE FOR OBAMACARE
Healthcare
OP-ED IN THE HILL: ACA IS THE SAFETY NET WE NEED… TO PROTECT
Healthcare
BRIEFING: WHITE HOUSE ON THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN
Access to Capital, Education, ...
Trump’s plan to repeal the ACA is dangerous; repealing it during a pandemic and recession could be catastrophic
Healthcare
What’s right with Missouri… and Idaho, Maine, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Utah?
Healthcare
Milwaukee 2020 virtual policy roundtables, August 17-20
Climate & Clean Energy, Diversity & Inclusion, ...
Briefing: Biden Policy Director Stef Feldman on the Caring Economy
Education, Healthcare, ...
Briefing: Larry Levitt on the Affordable Care Act as a Safety Net During COVID-19
Healthcare
With Next Congress Selected, Business Forward Report Outlines Best Path Forward on Health Care Reform
Healthcare
Let’s Stick to the Plan on Health Care
Healthcare
Business leaders want to improve access to affordable health care; share concerns about unproven proposals
Healthcare
Obamacare Helps My Small Business – Business Leader Viewpoint
Healthcare, Small Business