San Diego Coalition Receives National Honors for Helping Small Businesses Find Health Insurance
[10/22/07]
The San Diego Business Health Connection is a non-profit dedicated to helping small businesses in the area with providing affordable group health insurance products to their employees. BHC was recently recognized for its efforts. The NPO was honored with the distinguished “Honor Roll for Coverage Award” bestowed by the Healthcare Leadership Council.
The Healthcare Leadership Council is a group of leading executives from several of the countries leading healthcare companies. The Honor Roll for Coverage” is a national honor that recognizes a company’s or organization’s efforts on behalf of accessibility to health insurance coverage. The honor was given to BHS at a ceremony at the headquarters of Flag Crafters, a small San Diego based business whose 30 plus employees enjoy good and affordable healthcare insurance benefits, thanks largely to BHC.
The Healthcare Leadership Council is well aware that our elected officials in the Congress and elsewhere are struggling with the problems of the 47 million Americans without access to affordable medical coverage. A spokesman for the Council said that while debate goes on, it is their privilege to recognize and honor efforts like those of the San Diego Business Health Connection, that are doing something about improving access to lower cost health insurance.
It is the goal of the Council to shed light on community efforts like those of the BHC that are helping especially small businesses cope with the difficulties of maintaining affordable group health insurance plans for workers. The Council hopes that the success of their “Honor Roll” honorees can serve as a model to the nation of how access to health insurance coverage can be improved.
In San Diego alone it is estimated that almost 85% of its 400,000 people without health insurance work for small businesses that do not offer healthcare insurance benefits. Nationwide about 80% of those without health insurance live in a household where at least one member of the family is working. Founded in 2001 the BHC’s mission is to reduce the number of San Diego’s residents without health insurance. Working with area employers and chambers of commerce, it is estimated that the San Diego Business Health Connection has helped more than 1000 workers in the city obtain affordable health insurance benefits through their employers
The Healthcare Leadership Council is a group of leading executives from several of the countries leading healthcare companies. The Honor Roll for Coverage” is a national honor that recognizes a company’s or organization’s efforts on behalf of accessibility to health insurance coverage. The honor was given to BHS at a ceremony at the headquarters of Flag Crafters, a small San Diego based business whose 30 plus employees enjoy good and affordable healthcare insurance benefits, thanks largely to BHC.
The Healthcare Leadership Council is well aware that our elected officials in the Congress and elsewhere are struggling with the problems of the 47 million Americans without access to affordable medical coverage. A spokesman for the Council said that while debate goes on, it is their privilege to recognize and honor efforts like those of the San Diego Business Health Connection, that are doing something about improving access to lower cost health insurance.
It is the goal of the Council to shed light on community efforts like those of the BHC that are helping especially small businesses cope with the difficulties of maintaining affordable group health insurance plans for workers. The Council hopes that the success of their “Honor Roll” honorees can serve as a model to the nation of how access to health insurance coverage can be improved.
In San Diego alone it is estimated that almost 85% of its 400,000 people without health insurance work for small businesses that do not offer healthcare insurance benefits. Nationwide about 80% of those without health insurance live in a household where at least one member of the family is working. Founded in 2001 the BHC’s mission is to reduce the number of San Diego’s residents without health insurance. Working with area employers and chambers of commerce, it is estimated that the San Diego Business Health Connection has helped more than 1000 workers in the city obtain affordable health insurance benefits through their employers
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