U.S. employers shun health reform despite deal

The biggest sick care costs come from chronic illnesses which for fatsos are mostly diseases of choice - and the expectation is for the rest of us to pay for them.

"Efforts in the U.S. Senate to move away from a government-run insurance option may help win over critical votes but failed to bring around one major bloc - big business.

Business groups such as the U.S. Chamber of Commerce have long opposed Democratic efforts to expand access to health insurance, including a government alternative to private coverage that they say would undermine the ability of employers to offer health benefits to their workers.

There are enough other weak spots in the bill that employers still cannot back the measure, they said.

'The bill ... is full of costly new mandates on business that will only lead businesses to lower wages on employees, lower working hours on many other employees, reduce hiring and lose jobs,' the chamber's executive vice president Bruce Josten told reporters on Wednesday."

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