Protect Volunteer Firefighters and First Responders to be exempt from Obamacare Provisions.

We are raising awareness for Congressman Lou Barletta, PA-11(R) for Introducing the Protecting Volunteer Firefighters and Emergency Responders Act to specifically exempt volunteer firefighters and volunteers providing emergency medical services from the Employer Mandate Provision of Obamacare. Under this Provision, employers with 50 or more employees must provide health insurance or pay penalties. This could be problematic for fire companies, across the nation where 69% of fire stations rely exclusively on volunteers. Fire companies could exceed the 50 employee threshold in several different ways: by themselves based on their size, by being part of a larger combined force with their municipality that has 50 or more public employees total. Help Save Volunteer Fire Departments nationwide.