; charset=UTF-8 7bit Business Opportunities Weblog Small Biz Wields Power In U.S. Health Debate Posted: 23 Mar 2008 11:22 PM CDT Reuters: The mom and pop businesses that make up the bulk of Americas employers, key players in scuttling health reform during the Clinton years, say years of crushing costs have them backing major changes this time around. The National Federation of Independent Business helped derail President Bill Clintons effort to overhaul the health insurance system during the 1990s, with a massive direct mail and telephone campaign, and a blitz of lawmaker lobbying. Now, small companies with an average of 10 workers are bearing the greatest burden of insurance premium increases, which have grown twice as fast as inflation for several years. Theyve started lobbying the presidential candidates early and are pushing for changes to taxes and state laws. It is much cheaper per employee for large companies to provide health insurance, with more employees to balance risk and spread administrative costs. And workers pay 18 percent more for premiums than their counterparts at larger firms, according to a study by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit research group. The NFIB is starting to listen to its members, said Peter Harbage, a Democratic health strategist who has worked for former presidential candidate John Edwards. The whole health-care system seems designed to work against small business. These companies represent 80 percent of total U.S. employment. The influence lies in these hard numbers, but also their ubiquitousness in grass-roots politics. Read more. Photo by aard. -- You are buy onlined to email updates from "Business Opportunities Weblog." To stop receiving these emails, you may unsubcribe now If you prefer to purchase via postal mail, write to: Business Opportunities Weblog, c/o FeedBurner, 549 W Randolph, Chicago IL USA 60661 This Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner. ; charset=UTF-8 7bit Business Opportunities Weblog h1 a:hover ! important;} tr td div ul { } tr td div blockquote { 6px solid #dadada; } tr td div li { } tr td a:link, tr td a:visited, tr td a:active { } img {border:none;} Business Opportunities Weblog Small Biz Wields Power In U.S. Health Debate Posted: 23 Mar 2008 11:22 PM CDT Reuters: The mom and pop businesses that make up the bulk of America’s employers, key players in scuttling health reform during the Clinton years, say years of crushing costs have them backing major changes this time around. The National Federation of Independent Business helped derail President Bill Clinton’s effort to overhaul the health insurance system during the 1990s, with a massive direct mail and telephone campaign, and a blitz of lawmaker lobbying. Now, small companies with an average of 10 workers are bearing the greatest burden of insurance premium increases, which have grown twice as fast as inflation for several years. They’ve started lobbying the presidential candidates early and are pushing for changes to taxes and state laws. It is much cheaper per employee for large companies to provide health insurance, with more employees to balance risk and spread administrative costs. And workers pay 18 percent more for premiums than their counterparts at larger firms, according to a study by the Commonwealth Fund, a nonprofit research group. “The NFIB is starting to listen to its members,” said Peter Harbage, a Democratic health strategist who has worked for former presidential candidate John Edwards. “The whole health-care system seems designed to work against small These companies represent 80 percent of total U.S. employment. The influence lies in these hard numbers, but also their ubiquitousness in grass-roots politics. Read more. Photo by aard. You are buy onlined to email updates from Business Opportunities Weblog To stop receiving these emails, you may purchase now.Email Delivery powered by FeedBurner Inbox too full? Buy online to the feed version of Business Opportunities Weblog in a feed reader. If you prefer to purchase via postal mail, write to: Business Opportunities Weblog, c/o FeedBurner, 20 W Kinzie, 9th Floor, Chicago IL USA 60610

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