NFIB is urging North Carolina lawmakers to reject a series of proposed health-insurance mandates that would increase costs for small businesses and their employees.

These bills would require health plans to cover a wide range of specific treatments and services, removing flexibility and driving up premiums.

“Our concern is that these additional mandates would drive up the cost of insurance for everyone and make it harder for small businesses to provide health benefits to their employees and their families,” State Director Gregg Thompson said.

Here are some of the bills currently under consideration:

• H 152 – access to transcranial magnetic stimulation

• H 297 – breast cancer prevention imaging parity

• H 489 – insurance coverage for emergency ambulance transportation

• H 567 – ensure access to biomarker testing

• H 634 – parity enhancement for addiction recovery

• H 635 – increase access to fertility treatment

• H 663 – Living Donor Protection Act

• H 820 – prescription eye drop early refill coverage

• H 824 – expand treatment access for opioid use disorder

• H 906 – Reagan’s Law

Thompson said NFIB will continue to speak out against mandates that make it harder for small businesses to afford coverage and compete for workers.