While giving consumers broader authority to sue their health insurers in state court, the law exempts employers from liability in such cases. It also sets up a mandatory arbitration procedure that may help resolve some disputes before they wind up in court. Barnes also shepherded through a reduction in the payments that businesses must pay into Georgia's unemployment insurance fund. Though the governor deserves the credit for proposing the cut and getting the reductions passed, the National Federation for Independent Business and the Southeastern Legal Foundation laid the groundwork. Their spirited lobbying campaigns last year won initial concessions and kept the issue on the front burner.
Lobbyists are an easy target.
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