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A ‘HIT’ to Small Business
“We have been a very blessed company,” said Joe Donaldson, co-owner and General Manager of Sam’s Furniture in Springdale. “We’ve actually had double-digit increases the last three years in a row.” Donaldson’s parents started the furniture company back in 1992… Read More
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Some Small Firms See Little Relief in Latest Health-Law Delay
Small and midsize businesses stand to benefit the most from the latest delay in the health law’s employer insurance requirement. But farm co-owner Laura Pedersen doesn’t plan to take advantage of it. To read the rest of the article, click… Read More
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Study: ObamaCare Insurer Fee Could Backfire On States
A provision of the Affordable Care Act that requires health insurance companies pay a fee to help fund the law and expand benefits to the poor and uninsured could actually lead to the federal government taxing states and itself, according… Read More
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Same Old Same Old: Obama Extends Help to Big Corporations, Ignores Small Business Plight
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Feb. 10, 2014) – The Stop the HIT Coalition, a broad-based group representing the nation’s small business owners, their employees and the self-employed, responded to the latest Obama Administration delay to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act… Read More
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Obamacare and jobs: CBO adds fuel to fire
The Republicans just got a big gift from the Congressional Budget Office: It’s going to be a lot easier for them to call Obamacare a “job killer.” That’s because the budget office’s new economic report, released Tuesday, says the health… Read More
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BARRASSO: Regulatory Overreach Smothering Economy
Last year, President Obama promised Americans a recovery summer. This year, he’s given us a regulatory summer. He’s thrown a giant wet blanket on economic recovery and has given Americans a summer of more burdens, more costs and more rules…. Read More
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Mixed reactions to health care reform
Mary Jones had only two options the last three years. Either find a way to stay healthy or face bankruptcy. The 64-year-old retired Anniston resident dropped her health insurance coverage three years ago due to its cost and lack of… Read More
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Obamacare Small-Business Plan Lags Behind in Face of Cost
Enrollment in Obamacare health plans for small businesses is off to a slow start, leaving in doubt whether the U.S. program can attract enough customers to satisfy insurers. Greeted by higher premiums, less generous coverage and more paperwork, small businesses… Read More
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Small business blames HIT for high premiums
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Second wave of health insurance disruption affects small business
When millions of health-insurance plans were canceled last fall, the Obama administration tried to be reassuring, saying the terminations affected only the small minority of Americans who bought individual policies. But according to industry analysts, insurers and state regulators, the… Read More