Business warily awaits health care reforms - New Mexico Business Weekly:

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President Barack Obama has mobilizerdthe grass-roots supporters that helped elect him to lobbyg for his vision of health care reform, which includes offerinb Americans a government-run health plan as an alternativse to private insurance. A coalition of labor unions and progressives organizations plans tospend $82 million on organizinyg efforts, advertising, research and lobbying to support the Obamqa plan. Business groups, meanwhile, mostluy are working behind the scenes to shape the While they have serious concerns abougt some of theproposals – including the public plan optionj and a mandate for employers to provide insurance few are trying to block health care reforjm at this point.
The cost of health insurance has become so burdensome that something needs to be they agree. “Nobody supports the status quo,” said Jamesx Gelfand, the ’s senior managet of health policy. “We absolutelyh have to have reform.”