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Employer Coalition Commends Senators Barrasso and Hatch on Introduction of Legislation to Repeal the Health Insurance Tax on Millions of Small Businesses and Self-Employed
Employer Coalition Commends Senators Barrasso and Hatch on Introduction of Legislation to Repeal the Health Insurance Tax on Millions of Small Businesses and Self-Employed INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (March 19, 2013) – The Stop the HIT Coalition, a broad-based group representing the… Read More
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Employer Coalition Commends Senators Barrasso and Hatch Following Introduction of Legislation to Repeal the Health Insurance Tax Threatening Over 200,000 Small Business Jobs
Employer Coalition Commends Senators Barrasso and Hatch Following Introduction of Legislation to Repeal the Health Insurance Tax Threatening Over 200,000 Small Business Jobs WASHINGTON, D.C. (March 19, 2013) – The Stop the HIT Coalition, a broad-based group representing the nation’s… Read More
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State’s Small Businesses, Threatened By HIT From Obamacare, Taking Action
A movement is afoot in West Virginia to muster support on Capitol Hill to erase a tax contained with the new federal health care act that threatens small businesses with at least 50 workers on the payroll. So alarmed over… Read More
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Congress Contemplating Small Tweaks To Help Small Businesses Weather Health Care Reform
An effort to repeal a tax on insurance companies in the new healthcare reform law is gaining momentum in Congress, fueled by concerns that the fee would hit small businesses particularly hard. The legislation would eliminate a fee on health… Read More
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Businesses Air Concerns About Insurance Tax
Area business leaders gathered Tuesday to discuss the pending Health Insurance Tax and health care reform. The Stop The HIT Coalition, a group of small businesses whose goal is to repeal the Health Insurance Tax provision in the federal Patient… Read More
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Health-care law uncertainty grips Old Town Alexandria cafe – and other small businesses
Jody Manor has run a small cafe and catering company for nearly three decades in Old Town Alexandria, only a few blocks from where he was born. Six years ago he purchased an adjoining building, and more recently he started… Read More
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The More Businesses Learn About Obamacare, The More Reluctant They Are To Hire
Wondering why the unemployment rate has been near or above 8 percent for nearly four years? The Federal Reserve has an answer for you: Obamacare. Earlier this month, the Fed released its latest “beige book” – a monthly report on… Read More
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Business roundtable explores impact of Affordable Care Act
FARGO – Taxes aimed at health insurance companies via the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will mean higher costs for small businesses and likely affect millions of workers nationwide. That was one of the messages Andy Peterson, president and… Read More
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Small business owners still uncertain about effects of Affordable Care Act
Bismarck-Mandan small business owners expressed uncertainty over how aspects of the federal health care law would affect their companies at a roundtable discussion Wednesday. The event at the Kelly Inn in Bismarck was hosted by the Consensus Council and members… Read More
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Delaware Restaurant Association Hosts Meeting On Insurance Tax From Healthcare Law
After the Supreme Court ruled in late June that the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (aka “Obamacare”) was constitutional, the law will go into full effect in January 2014, complete with all the new regulations and taxes to pay… Read More