{"id":1686,"date":"2020-04-20T23:41:30","date_gmt":"2020-04-20T23:41:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/?post_type=chamber_priorities&#038;p=1686"},"modified":"2021-03-22T15:17:33","modified_gmt":"2021-03-22T15:17:33","slug":"health-care","status":"publish","type":"chamber_priorities","link":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/chamber_priorities\/health-care\/","title":{"rendered":"Health Care"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li class=\"p2\">Support state and federal efforts that enable employers to provide cost-effective health care benefits.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p2\">Oppose taxes on health insurance claims and premiums as well as health insurance benefit and cost mandates.<\/li>\n<li class=\"p3\">Support efforts to preserve Michigan\u2019s private health insurance marketplace and oppose efforts to launch a government-run or single-payer system.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p class=\"p4\"><b>WHY? <\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"p5\">Rising health care costs continue to be a significant financial threat to Michigan\u2019s businesses. Policymakers should avoid implementing costly state and federal health insurance mandates and other plan design restrictions and instead focus on implementing market-friendly, consumer-driven reforms that will enable job providers and individuals to purchase affordable coverage in the private health insurance marketplace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":3821,"template":"","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chamber_priorities\/1686"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/chamber_priorities"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/chamber_priorities"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3821"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.michamber.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1686"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}