Rochester Business Alliance supports initiatives aimed at lowering health care costs for employers and their employees.

More than 80 percent of area employers say increasing health care costs are the No.1 issue affecting their organization, according to a survey of Rochester Business Alliance members.

To address our members' concerns, we joined with several community partners to form the Rochester Business Alliance Health Care Initiative. The initiative, headed by Paul Speranza, vice chairman, general counsel and secretary for Wegmans Food Markets, is aimed at bringing together business leaders to find ways to provide affordable, quality health care - with the ultimate goal of making Rochester the healthiest community in America.

In addition to our local efforts, the Rochester Business Alliance is actively monitoring and speaking out on state and federal health care legislation, to guard against changes that would burden businesses with increased costs, taxes, fees, mandate and regulatory burdens.

For more information:

• RBA Health Care Initiative
• RBA/FLHSA Community High Blood Pressure Collaborative
• Eat Well, Live Well Challenge
• Medicaid Reform
• RBA's Health Care Resource Center