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Businesses Ask Geithner for More Leeway on Healthcare (Update1)
Business Week ^ | 5/4/10 | Anna Edney

Posted on 05/04/2010 8:49:42 AM PDT by Nachum

May 3 (Bloomberg Government) -- The U.S. Chamber of Commerce and 12 other business groups asked members of President Obama’s cabinet including Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner for more leeway in implementing the health-care overhaul.

The groups said they’re being forced to make contract, employee-benefit and other decisions without guidance on how to comply with provisions that take effect in September. The letter dated April 30 was sent to Geithner, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Labor Secretary Hilda Solis.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessweek.com ...


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: ask; businesses; geithner; leeway; taxcheat; taxcheat4u; taxcheatincharge

1 posted on 05/04/2010 8:49:42 AM PDT by Nachum
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, ping


2 posted on 05/04/2010 8:50:00 AM PDT by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: Nachum

I find it interesting that the American people now have to ask permission to conduct business. We don’t “ask permission from anyone”.....or at least we never had to do this before. Do people see where all this is going? People in the USSR use to have to ask for permission to do anything.


3 posted on 05/04/2010 8:55:30 AM PDT by RC2
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To: Nachum

“Oh, Great and Powerful Oz! We Beseech Thee! Look upon Thy Humble Servants with Favour, and Grant us this Boon...”


4 posted on 05/04/2010 9:13:37 AM PDT by Buckeye McFrog
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To: Nachum
Businesses Ask Geithner for More Leeway on Healthcare

Obama: How much money you got?

5 posted on 05/04/2010 10:26:21 AM PDT by sportutegrl
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