Healthcare

On February 26, Alejandro Flores-Muñoz, owner of Combi Taco & Stokes Poke Catering, testified in support of HB25-1174. The legislation would reduce bills patients receive from big hospital systems and, in turn, supports small business owners who provide their employees with health insurance through the small group market.

On February 26, Small Business Majority Colorado Director Hunter Nelson testified in support of  House Bill 25-1174, legislation that would establish reimbursement limits for prices paid to certain hospitals through the small group market, resulting in lower healthcare costs for small businesses in Colorado.

On February 18, Small Business Majority Hunter Nelson testified in support of  House Bill 25-1094, legislation that would require Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) to be compensated only through a flat fee on each transaction.

On February 11, Small Business Majority Colorado Director Hunter Nelson testified in support of House Bill 25-1088, legislation that would establish reimbursement rates for ambulance services that are out of network.

Small Business Majority offers a Memorandum of Support for the Fair Pricing Act S9705/A2140, which would provide needed relief to thousands of New York small business owners and employees and save up to $1.5 billion annually in healthcare spending in the state.  

On March 24, 2025, California Director Bianca Blomquist testified in order to underscore the importance of the Office of Health Care Affordability (OHCA) in addressing the healthcare affordability crisis among small business owners.

Small Business Majority is pleased to support AB 4, which will remove immigration status as a barrier to eligibility to access healthcare coverage within Covered California. This will ensure more small business employees and entrepreneurs are able to access the health coverage they need to fully participate in our state’s economy. 

Small Business Majority is pleased to support AB 280 (Aguiar-Curry), which requires provider directories to be accurate, mandates verification of accuracy, and ties existing provider directory requirements to accuracy benchmarks for health plans to serve as an enforcement mechanism. AB 280 streamlines the process of updating and verifying provider information and grants the Departments of Managed Health Care and Insurance the authority to require health plans to use a central utility or utilities. This will ensure small business owners and employees who are 

On April 2, Small Business Majority submitted comments in response to a proposed rule issued by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) which proposes several expansive changes to eligibility and enrollment standards for the Affordable Care Act’s (ACA) Healthcare Insurance Marketplace.