Governor Proposes Health Insurance Option
13 03 08 - 20:23
A bill making its way through the legislature would create a new health-insurance option for small businesses and their employees.
At the capitol Thursday, Governor Haley Barbour urged house members to pass a senate bill that would establish a statewide "Health Insurance Exchange." It's designed to make health-care plans more affordable for smaller firms by offering tax breaks for employers -- and tax-free benefits for their employees.
The governor says, "The insurance under the health insurance exchange would have lower rates, because the more small businesses that participate, the more purchasing power as a group they would have."
Senate bill 28-33, which would establish the Health Insurance Exchange, is now being discussed in a house committee.