The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act – An Employer Perspective
The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“the Act”) is sweeping legislation that will affect economic activity far beyond the one-sixth of the U.S. economy identified as the health care sector. The Act includes individual and firm-level requirements for health insurance coverage, extensive insurance industry regulations, creates new state-level programs and obligations, two new federal entitlement programs, and dozens of new federal boards
and commissions.
Click HERE to read the West Virginia Chamber’s paper on the Act.
Small Business Health Care Tax Credit
If you are a small employer (business or tax-exempt) that provides health insurance coverage to your employees, determine if you may qualify for the Small Business Health Care Tax Credit by using the calculator HERE provided by the West Virginia State Medical Association.
The West Virginia Chamber of Commerce conducts extensive research on policy matters and issues as well as surveys its members on their views and opinions.
Provided are research resources:
American Legislative Exchange Council --
Rich States/Poor States: ALEC-Laffer State Economic Competitiveness Index
Taxation
Council on State Taxation - FY07 Business Tax Burden Study (see report on this page)
Tax Foundation - 2009 State Business Tax Climate Index
For research and data on West Virginia's tax system, go to here.
Legal
Institute for Legal Reform - Lawsuit Climate 2010: Ranking the States
2008 ILR/Harris State Liability Systems Ranking Study
2007 ILR/Harris State Liability Systems Ranking Study
2006 ILR/Harris State Liability Systems Ranking Study
ATRA Judicial Hellhole Reports
- 2009 Report
- 2008 Report
- 2007 Report
- 2006 Report
- 2005 Report
Annual Costs of Lawsuit Abuse in West Virginia
Facts About Tort Liability And Its Impact On Consumers
http://www.atra.org/files.cgi/7366_Facts-Impact-On-Economy03.htm
'Tort Tax' Costing Families $10K A Year
America’s out-of-control legal system imposes a staggering economic cost of more than $865 billion every year. (Click to read more.)
U.S. Tort Costs: 2003 Update
Trends and Findings of the Costs of the U.S. Tort System
U.S. Companies Spending a Fortune in Court
The typical U.S. company faces an average of 305 lawsuits and spends $12 million a year on litigation alone, not including settlements or judgments.
CFO.com, October 12, 2006
http://www.cfo.com/article.cfm/8044747?f=search
Defense Trial Counsel of W.Va. -- http://www.dtcwv.org/
Civil Justice Report, August 2003
The Negative Impact on the Current Civil Justice System on Economic Activity in West Virginia
A report for the West Virginia Chamber of Commerce, 2002
"What Are The Costs of Civil Litigation in West Virginia"
Winter 2002
Workers' Comp
National Foundation for Unemployment & Workers' Compensation
State Workers' Compensation Cost Study, December 2003