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Small Businesses and America’s Affordable Health Choices Act
Image by Leader Nancy Pelosi
Myth: The House bill pays for health care reform with a “small business tax” that will kill jobs.
Fact: Small businesses benefit enormously from America’s Affordable Health Choices Act - Reform dramatically reduces small business health costs. The Small Business Majority recently released a report that showed that without reform, small businesses will pay nearly .4 trillion in health care costs over the next 10 years. If health insurance reform is enacted, the report found that small businesses could save as much as 5 billion over 10 years, nearly 36 percent. This money can be reinvested in the business and jobs.
Most small firms are exempt; others are subject to lower rates. 76 percent of all businesses are exempt altogether from the employer responsibility requirements. An additional 7 percent of these firms would pay a graduated rate of 2 to 6 percent if they do not offer coverage. More than 72 percent of firms with payrolls of 0,000 to 0,000 and less than 250 employees already offer worker health coverage today – and will have better options under HR 3200.
Affordable Health Care [1275]
Image by brianjmatis
Today was a historic day: the Supreme Court Ruled in favor of the Affordable Care Act, a.k.a. Obamacare.
It's a rather personal thing, as it gives me hope that perhaps one day, I'll be able to work for myself and still be able to get health care, in spite of my pre-existing condition.
So today, I present you with several of the assorted items I get to deal with on a regular basis as part of being a Type 1 Diabetic (a.k.a. insulin dependent or juvenile diabetes.) Hopefully, you'll never need to use these things yourself. A big thanks to President Obama for working to reform health care in this country. I know it's far from a perfect plan and doesn't do as much as you would have liked, but hey, politics, right?
Thanks to those in Congress and the Senate who passed it. Thanks to the Supreme Court for upholding it. And thanks to all fellow Americans that believe in the social contract and pay in to the system to help each other out. Hopefully, one day there'll be a cure for me and all my insurance money can go towards helping you with your cancer treatments, or your bypass, or your blood pressure medication, or your broken arm, or whatever else ails you. Until then, I hope you at least like my photographs.
Photo-a-Day
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Year 4, Day 180
[Total Consecutive Days: 1275]
