National Association for the Self-Employed to Attend Today’s White House Rose Garden Ceremony on New HRA Announcement
FOR
IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Friday, June 14, 2019
CONTACT: Brad Luna, LUNA+EISENLA media
[email protected]
Nation’s Leading Self-Employed and Micro-Business Advocate Has
Championed Greater HRA Flexibility for Small Businesses
DALLAS, TX – This afternoon at 3:30
pm (ET), Katie Vlietstra, Vice President for Government Relations and Public
Affairs for the National Association
for the Self-Employed (NASE) , the nation’s leading advocate
and resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, has been invited to
attend a White House Rose Garden ceremony announcing an expansion of Health
Reimbursement Arrangements (HRAs) granting greater flexibility and allowing
employers to assist employees in using HRA’s to pay for health insurance
coverage.
NASE has been a major supporter of today’s HRA expansion and has advocated on
the issue for several years since the passage of the Affordable Care Act (ACA)
and subsequent guidance in 2013 restricting HRA use by small
employers.
“Health Reimbursement Arrangements are a critically important
tool for small businesses and the self-employed to obtain access to affordable
health care coverage,” said Katie Vlietstra, NASE’s Vice
President for Government Relations and Public Affairs. “Since
many self-employed and micro-businesses obtain health care in the individual
market, HRAs can oftentimes make the difference in an entrepreneurs ability to
purchase health insurance coverage.”
To speak with Katie
Vlietstra for about the White House Rose Garden Ceremony, please contact Brad
Luna at [email protected]
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The
National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) is the nation's leading
advocate and resource for the self-employed and micro-businesses, offering a
broad range of benefits to help entrepreneurs succeed and to drive the
continued growth of this vital segment of the American economy.
The NASE Next Biz
Thing helps identify and connect our nation’s smallest
businesses. Need small business help? Check out NASE’s Ask the
Experts for advice or the NASE
Minute for small business support.
The NASE is a 501(c) (6) nonprofit organization and provides
big-business advantages to hundreds of thousands of micro-businesses across the
United States. For more information, visit the association's website at NASE.org .