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Will Obamacare destroy jobs?
BEFORE the recession, Richard Clark’s cleaning company in Florida had 200 employees, about half of them working full time. These days it has about 150, with 80% part-time. The downturn explains some of this. But Mr Clark also blames Barack… Read More
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Health insurance tax will hurt small businesses
These days it is difficult, if not impossible, to escape news of the upcoming implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Lately, it seems like exceptions and delays to the law are being handed out to different groups… Read More
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Will the Health-Care Law Help Small Businesses?
Change doesn’t get much bigger than this. Or more contentious. President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act has rewritten the rules on health insurance. And it has left small companies scrambling to figure out what it means for them…. Read More
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Anchorage small businesses discuss HIT during tour with Senator Begich
ANCHORAGE, August 14, 2013 – Yesterday, the Stop the HIT Coalition, a broad-based group representing small business communities throughout the nation, joined several small businesses in Anchorage, Alaska for a tour with U.S. Senator Mark Begich to discuss local concerns… Read More
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Community Viewpoint: Small Businesses Don’t Need an Obama HIT
Virginia’s economic growth, which has outpaced the national recovery, has been driven in no small part by our more than 640,000 small businesses. With more than 3 million employees throughout the commonwealth working in small businesses, many of them technology-based… Read More
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Family insurance in jeopardy at small companies
One casualty of the new health care law may be paid coverage for families of people who work for small businesses. Insurance companies have already warned small business customers that premiums could rise 20 percent or more in 2014 under… Read More
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Video: Lawmakers, aides getting ObamaCare break
Mike Mitternight, owner of Factory Service Agency in Lousiana, was on “On the Record with Greta Van Susteren” to discuss the impact of the Affordable Care Act and HIT on small businesses. Watch the interview here.
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Congressman Fred Upton Tours Small Business In Michigan; Discusses Impact Of Patient Protection And Affordable Care Act
WASHINGTON, D.C. July 29, 2013 – Today, the Stop the HIT Coalition, a broad-based group representing the nation’s small business owners, their employees and the self-employed, coordinated a local meeting in Kalamazoo, Michigan to speak with Congressman Fred Upton (R-MI)… Read More
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In Chesterfield, Cantor Calls Health Care Law Threat To Economic Growth
On the heels of votes to delay the implementation of key parts of the federal health care law, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, R-7th, on Friday fielded questions on the subject from a friendly audience in a Richmond suburb. “This… Read More
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Cantor Backs Other Health Care Reforms
CHESTERFIELD-House Majority Leader Rep. Eric Cantor says House Republicans want to replace the federal health care law by addressing malpractice reform and insurance competition across state lines. Cantor, a Republican from the 7th District, visited Cranemasters-a company south of Richmond… Read More