Marcie Strouse testifies at a House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearing on health care. Credit: House Ways and Means Committee

A benefits consultant from Des Moines went to Washington Tuesday to tell members of Congress that small employers are having trouble providing health benefits.

Marcie Strouse, a partner at Capitol Benefits Group, testified at a House Ways and Means health subcommittee hearing on the U.S. health care system that government and industry bureaucracies hold all of the cards and keep small businesses out of the policymaking process.


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