April 2011 - MBA Business Magazine

Manufacturer & Business Association (MBA) Board of Governors Immediate Past Chairman Dan Ignasiak, president of SEPCO-Erie, and Association Vice Chairman Dale Deist, founder of Deist Industries, recently traveled to Harrisburg to discuss the MBA’s pro-growth, pro-business agenda with 10 different legislators and policy makers in the state capital. The MBA group, which also included Association President Ralph Pontillo, Director of Government Affairs Lori Joint and Government Affairs Representative Anna McCauslin, focused on four important issues...

Health insurance is an important part of the everyday operation of Pennsylvania’s businesses. For generations, employers have supplied insurance to employees when able — and not because a union forced the company to do so. Companies, especially in a recession, walk a fine line between profitability and providing perks to employees in the form of health insurance. In the Commonwealth, research shows just 10 percent of Pennsylvanians lack health insurance. In fact, the 2008 Pennsylvania...