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Health Insurance Tax (HIT) Will Impact Small Businesses
Many people are anxiously awaiting the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision on President Obama’s Healthcare Reform Law, which should come sometime this week. A part of that bill would place a Health Insurance Tax (HIT) on small businesses. Small business owners… Read More
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Area small business leaders voice concerns over health insurance tax
CROWLEY – Local business owners gathered Tuesday at the offices of Sterling Wellness Solutions for a roundtable event to discuss the threat and implications of the looming Health Insurance Tax (HIT). As a part of President Obama’s Health care reform… Read More
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Strike health insurance tax
There are more than 241,692 small businesses in the state and, in addition to serving as the backbone of local commerce in cities like Sandy, they have served as a bulwark for our community during the economic crisis and helped… Read More
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Small businesses getting in debate over health care
CHARLESTON – With the U.S. Supreme Court expected to rule this month on the federal health care law, its supporters are touting its potential benefits to West Virginia’s small businesses. But some of these employers are among the overhaul’s biggest… Read More
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Health insurance tax to impact small business
ELMIRA, N.Y. — Health insurance premiums could soon rise for small business owners because of the new Health Insurance Tax or HIT. Mike Durant of the National Federation of Independent Businesses, stopped in Elmira Wednesday to discuss the tax with… Read More
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My view: Avoid the ‘HIT’ to small businesses
As we celebrated National Small Business Week across the country last week, here in Utah we recognize that small businesses are the fuel that keeps our economic engine running. There are more than 241,692 small businesses in the state, and… Read More
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‘Hidden tax’ in health care reform denounced
BECKLEY – HIT is an acronym for Health Insurance Tax, a little known caveat in the new federal health care reform package, and some Beckley-area business leaders see this as an added burden that could cost small firms more than… Read More
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Healthcare Roundtable Scheduled for Thursday
A roundtable discussion is scheduled for Thursday on what impact the health insurance tax will have on small businesses in Wheeling. Small business owners and economic experts will participate in the healthcare roundtable to discuss the impact of the looming… Read More
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Health Insurance Tax Roundtable Held in Fairmont
President Obama’s Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will go into effect in 2014 unless the US Supreme Court rules it unconstitutional. When it does, it will impose a tax on health insurance companies. Monday, a representative with Stop the… Read More
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Small Businesses, Lawmakers Push to Repeal ‘Killer’ Health Insurance Tax
A federal Health Insurance Tax scheduled to kick in by 2014 will cost small businesses $87 billion and “kill jobs,” the National Federation of Independent Business says. In Congress, an effort to repeal the tax is gaining bipartisan steam. The… Read More