Health and Retirement Committee
When it comes to scientific advances, medical technology and the quality of our doctors and medical institutions, the United States is without peer. But the country’s health care system is becoming increasingly expensive and burdensome to businesses and families – costs that threaten to put the benefits of this amazing medical expertise beyond the reach of more Americans. As the providers of coverage to more than 35 million Americans, Business Roundtable companies are committed to providing affordable, quality health care to our employees by bringing the power of innovation to bear on the system and slowing the rate of health care cost inflation.
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Committee Chairs
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Gary W. Loveman
Chairman, President & CEO,
Caesars Entertainment CorporationCommittee Chair, Business Roundtable
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Rising health care costs affect all individuals, employers and the government, impacting job creation, diminishing the nation's competitiveness and reducing Americans' ability to save for retirement.
Business Roundtable’s current activities and policy goals to improve the affordability and quality of U.S. health care and retirement include:
- Engaging in the regulatory process surrounding health care reform to ensure implementation minimally disrupts existing health plans and creates a competitive health insurance marketplace for all purchasers.
- Preserving the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the foundation for our employer-based health care system that insures 169 million Americans.
- Improving U.S. health care value by implementing strategies, including but not limited to: delivery system reforms under Medicare; wellness and prevention programs; comparative effectiveness research; and expanded use of health information technology to save costs and reduce duplication services.
- Enacting medical liability reform to ensure that patients do not lose access to physicians and a full range of health care services.
- Advocating for additional pension funding relief and promoting support for the employment-based retirement system to ensure employees’ retirement and financial security.
- Leveraging partnerships with organizations, such as the Leapfrog Group and National Coalition on Benefits, to educate and work with public and private leaders on improving our health care system.
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From an October 2012 BRT Hill Staff Briefing on Health Care Innovation
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From an October 2011 BRT Hill Staff Briefing on Improving Health Care Benefits
