Gov. Rod Blagojevich and the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce are
developing an initiative to explore ways in which the Chicagoland
Chamber and chambers across the state can serve as aggregators of health
insurance for their members and affiliates. The goal is to create a
suite of health insurance offerings for small businesses that would
reduce health insurance costs while creating predictability to spur
growth and success. Gov. Blagojevich highlighted skyrocketing health
insurance costs in his State of the State address on the heels of yet
another year in which the majority of Chamber members experienced
double-digit health insurance premium hikes.
The Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce is completing a survey to determine
the insurance needs of small businesses. Click here to give us your
input by filling out the survey. This survey is
one component of a process - working with underwriters, the insurance
community, small business owners and other associations across the state
- to investigate feasible ways to provide small businesses the same
access to health insurance enjoyed by their counterparts in large
corporations.
The Governor and the Chicagoland Chamber will be working to create a
suite of health insurance offerings for small businesses that would
lower costs and promote multi-year predictability. This will help small
businesses reduce their costs, while helping more people get the health
insurance they deserve.
Click here to fill out the Chicagoland Chamber of Commerce survey on
small business health insurance. Your
participation in this survey is a vital part of our overall initiative
to lower health insurance costs for small businesses. If you are
contacted in the future it will only be by Chamber staff members, and it
will only be to provide you with additional information about this
initiative and related opportunities.
Want to learn more? Click here to read an article from the Post Dispatch
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