The Daily Caller spoke with Joel White, president of CAHC, about the importance of employer-sponsored health care and ways Congress can make care less expensive.
Having more choice and increased competition in the health insurance market would help bring down costs, according to Council for Affordable Health Coverage President Joel White.
“U.S. companies can lower health insurance costs for workers by demanding more choice and more competition,” White told the DCNF. “That means expanding tools like [a health savings account (HSA)] and [individual coverage health reimbursement arrangement (ICHRA)] so employers, especially small businesses, have more affordable ways to offer coverage. It also means taking on the health insurance and hospital monopolies that are limiting options, driving up the cost of care, and leaving businesses squeezed from both sides.”
“Congress has recognized that expanding private coverage is better for consumers than pushing them into government-run programs,” he added. “It is also a better deal for taxpayers.”
White also asserted that “employer-sponsored health benefits are the backbone of private coverage in the U.S. and should be protected and strengthened.”