US Senate to Consider Public Option
on Health CareAs you know, the US
House on Saturday passed another version of
Health Care Reform that includes provisions for
a government run health insurance program.
A public option in any form would disrupt
and destabilize the private health care
marketplace. The US Senate will consider
the public option in its version of the
legislation very soon. Contact your US
Senators now to express your opposition to the
public option
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While health care
reform is essential, reform must be meaningful
for private sector employees and
employers. Legislation that includes a
public health plan that under-reimburses
providers would inevitably shift costs to the
private sector and fail to achieve the
bipartisan goal of reducing overall health care
costs. Premiums would increase because more
people would be in plans that pay doctors and
hospitals at lower, government rates, causing a
shift in costs to private insurance
payers.
It is critical that
Congress enact a version of health care reform
that reduces health care costs for Iowa small
businesses and does not include a public
option.
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If you are involved with an
Iowa-based charitable trust or if you are
thinking of creating a charitable trust in Iowa,
you need to be aware of a recently enacted legal
provision that will affect such charitable
trusts. On April 2, 2009, Governor Culver signed
into law an act requiring certain charitable
trusts to register with the Iowa Attorney
General's office and to annually file a report
with the Iowa Attorney General. This
registration requirement became effective as of
July 1, 2009 and applies to charitable trusts
administered in Iowa with assets greater than
$25,000. Under Section 633A.5107 of the
Iowa Code, the following Iowa-based charitable
trusts are subject to the filing requirements:
501(c)(3) nonprofit entities, charitable
remainder trusts and charitable lead
trusts.