Staffing industry representatives are asking Congress to exempt temporary workers from employer health insurance requirements set to take effect in 2014 or at least lighten the load.

The witnesses appeared today at a hearing on the effects of the employer penalty provision in the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010 (PPACA) on temporary workers and their employers.

The hearing was organized by the U.S. House Government Affairs and Oversight Committee health subcommittee.

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Allison Bell

Allison Bell, a senior reporter at ThinkAdvisor and BenefitsPRO, previously was an associate editor at National Underwriter Life & Health. She has a bachelor's degree in economics from Washington University in St. Louis and a master's degree in journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University. She can be reached through X at @Think_Allison.