by Jane Richey | Oct 31, 2013 | Health Care
A new report finds that health-care insurance premiums for small businesses are up in 2013. Two-thirds of small businesses report paying more for insurance premiums per employee this year than they did in 2012, according to a new study from the National Federation of...
by Jane Richey | Jul 23, 2013 | Health Care
A quarter of small-business owners plan to cut hiring to stay under 50 employees so they can avoid one of Obama-Care’s many onerous mandates. In other words, small businesses will be staying small. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which routinely appraises the...
by Jane Richey | Feb 8, 2013 | Constitutionally Limited Goverment, Fiscal Responsibility, Free Markets, Politics
The latest Gallup Poll indicates that many American small-business owners are anything but optimistic when it comes to the way the Obama administration is leading the nation. In fact, they’re downright fearful. According to the recently released Wells...
by Jane Richey | Jan 2, 2013 | Fiscal Responsibility, Politics
Representative Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) called it “a happy start to a new year.” That probably tells you all you need to know about the fiscal cliff deal that passed the House last night. The bill—which President Obama has promised to sign, though he took off for Hawaii...
by Jane Richey | Dec 14, 2012 | Health Care
The “essential benefit” mandates in President Obama’s healthcare law will drive up costs for small businesses, House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-Mo.) said Thursday. Graves, in a letter to Health and Human Services Secretary...
