Bureau/Division/Agency
Legislature; Office of Policy and Legal Analysis
Document Type
Text
Exact Creation Date
1-1998
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Maine State Legislature; Maine Office of Policy and Legal Analysis; McCarthy Reid, Colleen; Shores Lynch, Darlene; and Kelley, John G., "Final Report of the Blue Ribbon Commission to Study the Effects of Government Regulation and Health Insurance Costs on Small Businesses in Maine, 1998" (1998). Office of Policy and Legal Analysis. 5.
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Description
The charge given to the Commission in Resolve 1997, chapter 85, addressed two areas and was very broad: To study the effects of: 1) government regulation; and 2) health insurance costs on small businesses throughout the State. Because the Commission had only a short time to complete its work, it decided to focus much of its effort on the effects of health insurance costs on small businesses. Members decided that the health insurance field provided defined issues that could be examined in a timely manner. In contrast, members decided that an examination of government regulation would require a significant amount of time in order to thoroughly survey problems and define solutions. Therefore, the Commission decided to take a cursory review of government regulation relative to small businesses and make recommendations regarding further review in this area.