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Report: 1 In 8 Employer Insurance Plans Getting the Axe Since Obamacare
One in eight small businesses have had or expect to have their health insurance plans terminated since the passage of President Obama’s health care reform. This figure comes from a National Federation of Independent Business report which surveyed small businesses… Read More
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Small-Business Sentiment Lowest in Years
It was good while it lasted – sort of. Six months ago, optimism among entrepreneurs had rebounded. Today, some 88% of business owners anticipate a flat or recessionary economy in the next 12 months. That is the highest percentage since… Read More
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Researchers: Obamacare Cost Estimates Hide Up to $50 Billion Per Year
Federal payments required by President Barack Obama’s health care law are being understated by as much as $50 billion per year because official budget forecasts ignore the cost of insuring many employees’ spouses and children, according to a new analysis…. Read More
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Small-Business Owners’ Revenue and Hiring Expectations Down
PRINCETON, NJ — Small-business owners turned less optimistic about future revenues and new hiring even prior to the events of recent weeks and the plunge in economic confidence. The percentage of owners anticipating that their revenues would increase over the… Read More
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Health Care Law Will Deepen Deficit
The White House sold “Obamacare” as an instrument for lowering health insurance premiums and reducing federal budget deficits. “Altogether,” President Barack Obama said, “our cost-cutting measures would reduce most people’s premiums, and bring down our deficit by more than $1… Read More
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Up Close: Kyle Jackson of the National Federation of Independent Business
Kyle Jackson took over as Georgia state director of the National Federation of Independent Business in December. As such, he is responsible for all the group’s lobbying and advocacy at the Gold Dome as well as supporting its members. The… Read More
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Small business coalition fights multibillion-dollar federal health insurance tax
More than 25 national groups representing small businesses have banded together to seek repeal of a federal health insurance tax that they say will take $87 billion from small businesses in one decade. The Stop the HIT Coalition wants to… Read More
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PPACA: Business Groups Unite Against Health Insurance Tax
Major U.S. employer groups are uniting to fight a new federal tax on health insurance that is supposed to generate $8 billion in revenue in 2014. The groups -including the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), Nashville, Tenn., and the… Read More
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Health Reform Headlines: Medicaid Support, Vermont’s Universal Health Care Bill
Parties Debate Whether Hochul’s Win in N.Y. is Referendum on Ryan Plan Democrat Kathy Hochul’s electoral coup in a reliably conservative New York district Tuesday sent shockwaves through both parties this week, as Democrats pushed hard to paint the win… Read More
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Stop the HIT Coalition – 25 Business Groups Joined Forces to Repeal Healthcare Reform’s Tax on Health Insurance Companies
About 25 business groups have joined forces in an effort to repeal health care reform’s tax on health insurance companies. This tax starts at $8 billion a year in 2014 and will rise to $14.3 billion in 2018. It was… Read More