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Obama Administration Launches One-Stop-Shop Website to Educate Business Owners About the Affordable Care Act

August 2, 2013

WASHINGTON – The Obama Administration today launched Business.USA.gov/healthcare, a one-stop-shop Website which will provide employers of all sizes educational materials on how the Affordable Care Act may affect businesses and help them compete.  The site includes a wizard tool that is tailored based on size and location, so businesses can learn how the law helps…

Healthcare Costs Driving Americans Into Poverty

November 22, 2011

From The Washington Post: By Drew Altman and Larry Levitt November 18, 2011 Policymakers in Washington are consumed with the federal budget deficit. The Congressional Budget Office serves as the official referee in budget debates, keeping score of how proposed legislation would make the deficit bigger or smaller. But Congress and the public could get a…

Insurance Exchanges Could Ease Burden On Small Biz

October 24, 2011

From The Atlanta Journal-Constitution: Here’s hoping we in South Carolina get a shot at purchasing our health insurance through a competitive and transparent market! By Misty Williams Saturday, October 22, 2011 As co-owner of a small IT solutions company in Alpharetta, Julie Haley would rather be out networking and snapping up new business instead of spending…

Senate Repeals 1099 Headache For Small Businesses

April 5, 2011

There was broad consensus that the 1099 provision was ‘foolish,’ Mike Johanns says. | AP Photo From Politico: By JENNIFER HABERKORN | 4/5/11 1:15 PM EDT The Senate on Tuesday voted to repeal the health care overhaul’s 1099 tax reporting requirements, finally ending months of debate and votes over a provision that, by the end,…

Once Again, Running The Numbers On Healthcare Reform

January 20, 2011

From Mother Jones: By Suzy Khimm | Wed Jan. 19, 2011 3:00 AM PST As Republicans seek to repeal health care reform, they have assaulted “Obamacare” as a job-killing, freedom-crushing behemoth that’s pushed the country onto the path to socialism. In order to defend their landmark legislative achievement, Democrats, meanwhile, have tried to highlight the…

So Much For The “Job-Killing Health Care Act”

January 7, 2011

We’ve posted before about the surprising number of small businesses already taking advantage of the Affordable Care Act’s tax cut incentive and offering health insurance to their employees. We’re posting again because it’s great news and now the big money men are paying attention, as evidenced by this column in Forbes. And, please, note that…

Survey: Small Businesses More Likely To Cover Employees, Thanks To New Healthcare Law

January 4, 2011

The Small Business Majority commissioned a national survey of 619 small business owners from Nov. 17-22, 2010, to gauge how entrepreneurs view two critical components of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: healthcare tax credits and insurance exchanges. It found that both the small business tax credit (a provision allowing businesses with fewer than…

Health Care Co-op Designed for SC’s Small Businesses

November 18, 2010

By Liv Osby for The Greenville News For more than 60 years, Cline Hose & Hydraulics in Greenville has provided health insurance to its employees — but as the cost went up, the plans changed. “When we first started, we had coverage for all our employees and their wife and children,” said Neb Cline Jr.,…

Despite New Law’s Naysayers, Benefits Projected To Rise

November 2, 2010

NOVEMBER 2, 2010 By JANET ADAMY The number of small businesses offering health insurance to workers is projected to increase sharply this year, recent data show, a shift that researchers attribute to a tax credit in the health law. Many small businesses, however, remain opposed to the law. Some small businesses are benefiting from portions…

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