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The Employer Alliance for Affordable Health Care is a coalition of more than 2,200 businesses and individuals who are committed to keeping health care affordable and available to all people, by opposing statement mandates that increase the cost of health insurance premiums. Our membership covers all of New York State. For more information, or to contact a member in your area, call Pamela Finch at (315) 363-9657.

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Background
Employer Alliance Media Sheet - Who We Are and What We Believe In
Real People... Real Stories - May 2004

Press releases/Letters/Testimony

2008

Daily Star Universal Coverage (Published in Oneonta Daily Star) - 06/06/08
Employer Alliance for Affordable Health Care Asks Lawmakers to Reject Timothy’s Law Expansion - 4/16/08
Budget Amendments Strike Another Blow to Small Business - 3/11/08
Spitzer Budget Amendments Strike Another Blow to Small Business - 2/12/08
Spitzer Budget Hurts Small Business - 01/22/08

2007

Alliance Testimony Focuses on Small Business Concerns at Governor's Public Hearings on Universal Coverage - 9/5/07
Legislatures must return $100 Million reimbursement before mandate is expanded - 05/29/07
State Budget Establishes Mandate Review Commission - 04/1/07
Benefit & Cost Commission Brings Overdue Level of Transparency - 03/25/07
Coalition Names Pamela Reese Finch Executive Director - 02/08/07

2006

Businesses rally for a Health Insurance Mandate Review Commission-12/11/06
Policyholders will continue to pay as long as Health Insurance Mandate Review Commission is ignored - 11/27/06
Coalition Names The Otsego County Chamber as Chamber Advocate of the Year - 2007 - 11/06/06
Cost commission MUST happen in the final hours: Don’t let the money go to waste! - 06/19/06
Advocates agree: Mental health proposal will raise costs: Compromise is needed on Mental Health Parity - 06/02/06
Employer Alliance Releases Report Card on Lawmakers - 05/16/06
Twenty-Three Lawmakers Make 2004/05 “A List” - 05/16/06
Cover the Uninsured Week Highlights Critical Issue - 05/03/06
Assembly's Unlimited Mental Health Mandate: A Baseless Gesture Certain to Increase Premiums - 03/08/06
Senator Seward Honored as 2005 ‘Senator of the Year’ - 02/20/06
Schimminger Named Employer Alliance Assemblymember of the Year - 01/27/06
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