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Reuters Clueless on Business Health Care Opposition

Reuters Donna Smith filed a June 28th story on health care, reporting:

Soaring healthcare costs undermine the competitiveness of U.S. businesses, strain state and federal budgets and drive many Americans into bankruptcy.

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which represents 3 million businesses, has started a grass-roots campaign opposing major elements of Obama’s plan with thousands of business owners writing lawmakers to say they are against it.

So if health care costs are undermining “the competitiveness of U.S. businesses” then why is the U.S. Chamber of Commerce waging a grassroots campaign against it? Smith never tells us. Perhaps that is because, contrary to … Continue Reading