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NFIB and Senator Kyl Unveil Small Business Health Relief Act to Repeal Costly ObamaCare Mandates
Press release last month, but in case you missed it, have a read: WASHINGTON, D.C., Monday, May 23, 2011 — National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) president and CEO Dan Danner and small business owner Earl Hall joined U.S. Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) today to unveil a bill that will address some of the most […]
Continue reading...Heads Up! Prepare Yourself for the Employer Mandate Penalties in the Healthcare Law
7. June 2011
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The National Federation of Independent Businesses recently put out a primer for Small Business Owners that is worth your time so that you can start planning your risk mitigation strategies now. The businesses that face potential penalties are those with 50 or more full-timers or full-time equivalents (FTEs) as well as owners with multiple businesses […]
Continue reading...Job Killing Health Care Bill
20. January 2011
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About a year ago, I submitted a suggestion to improve our health care delivery system and the financing of it. In stead of a market driven system, we have forced upon us a government dictated system which will destroy health insurance companies and limit health care to Americans. As I generate this submission, Congress is […]
Continue reading...Great NFIB Report on how Obamacare Will Affect your Small Business
17. June 2010
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Too much great stuff to try and summarize here. Just read it. Full report available at this link (pdf). Also contains information on Cap and Tax and Labor Law changes being pursued. This Administration is BAD NEWS for Small Business. Get informed by reading the report. And then please share it with at least 5 […]
Continue reading...Guess Who is Stamping Out Health Care?
5. June 2010
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I just received this article from the Ludwig von Mises Institute and wanted to share it. Some may applaud Holder’s actions, but think of the consequences. You know that artificial price ceilings create shortages. What happens when physicians are not paid enough for their services to cover the cost of providing those services? Already Medicare […]
Continue reading...Health Care Reform Bill Buries Small Businesses in a Deluge of Paperwork
1. June 2010
Human beings can have a high standard of living when their needs get met. In a marketplace, needs get met best when a few conditions occur. 1) the person who has the need is able to communicate that need to someone who can provide for that need. 2) the person who has the means to […]
Continue reading...What ObamaCare Means for Small Businesses
25. March 2010
It’s important to look past the minutiae of the bill, and straight to the overall economics of the thing. Let’s look past what it means for healthcare and straight to what it means for the economics of a small firm. 1. ObamaCare means a harder economic climate for Small Businesses At core ObamaCare is a […]
Continue reading...Cry your tears if you must, then sharpen your knives – the battle over healthcare is not close to over
21. March 2010
This post will be short, but we wanted to get something up tonight. It’s been a disappointing day, but while some are despairing we are not. The odds of overcoming a super-majority in the senate, a massive majority in the house, and a president elected by a large margin were always very steep. But the […]
Continue reading...Managed Care Scam
15. March 2010
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I am a doctor. I wanted to share the below which was first published in an online publication of a physician community, Sermo. It is a rather accurate assessment of what has been the reality of health care in our country. Physicians are being squeezed out of existence. There is the spectre of a 21% […]
Continue reading...“Senate Health Bill Would Up Costs for Millions in Middle Class”
11. March 2010
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A non-partisan study finds that ObamaCare will raise taxes on the middle class, a direct violation of his campaign promise not to raise taxes on anyone making less that $250,000 per year. The Senate health care bill crucial to saving President Obama’s signature domestic initiative will hit the wallets of a quarter of all Americans […]
Continue reading...Obama Administration’s attacks on small businesses and part-time workers continues
9. March 2010
The AP reported this week that: [A] new provision in the health care bill will require businesses to count part-time workers when calculating penalties for failing to provide coverage. As we warned in in October of last year measures such as these hurt small businesses and part-time workers (particularly students, working mothers, and people who […]
Continue reading...President Obama – Really bad at math or shameless deceiver? (Probably both)
5. March 2010
At his recent health care press conference President Obama told some real whoppers. Among others, he said that his proposal “would bring down the cost of health care for millions—families, businesses and the federal government” and then added that it was “fully paid for.” And not only that, but it would bring down the deficit […]
Continue reading...Praise for a Central Data Base of Medical Records – NOT
19. February 2010
We are being coerced into an electronic medical records system, which the Government will “keep safe” for us and allow access to physicians treating patients. We are to accept the assertion that the data base will be secure and that our most private medical information will never fall into the wrong hands. Certainly the ability […]
Continue reading...We’ve Got to Ensure that the Senate and House Health Bill Reconciliation is Open, Public, Transparent and Televised
6. January 2010
We’ve worked hard to slow down the passage of the Health Economy Takeover, and we must do more. (Scroll down for the URGENT ACTION ITEMS.) US News & World Report is reporting that Democratic Leaders are planning secret health reform deliberations. Despite their claims to the contrary, the way that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and […]
Continue reading...Ben(edict Arnold) Nelson: “The art of the sellout: the secret is to pretend you tried.”
19. December 2009
Judas got 30 pieces of silver. Esau got a mess of pottage. Benedict Arnold offered to sell out his countrymen for cash. And now joining the long line of the imbecile pansy squishes is Big Ben Nelson. And for what did he sell his soul? Medicaid subsidies for Nebraska … all paid for by the […]
Continue reading...A Wolf in Sheep’s Clothing – the End of American Freedom
2. December 2009
What follows is excerpted from a letter from Stephen E. Frazer, MD, an anesthesiologist in Indianapolis, to Sen. Bayh. Clearly Dr. Frazer has too much time or insomnia to have read the entire House Bill to “reform health care” in our country. I have not included Dr. Frazer’s pleas to the senator, which will, no […]
Continue reading...New Law Proposed to Require Companies to Pay Employees for Sick Leave
11. November 2009
U.S. employers who tell workers to stay home when they are sick will have to give them paid time off for up to five days. This creates perverse incentives.
Continue reading...One in Five House Democrats Voted Against PelosiCare
9. November 2009
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I don’t see the MSM talking about it, but this was clearly the most important takeaway from the PelosiCare vote. Not only was it not bi-partisan, it wasn’t even close to unanimous within the Democratic Party. Divisive. Toxic. Political Suicide. Nearly 20% of House Democrats refused to stand with Pelosi and Obama. Or did Pelosi […]
Continue reading...A Must-Read Email from an SBABG Member (Re: Health Care)
6. November 2009
We got this fantastic email today from an SBABG member. Please follow this member’s lead. You can still make a big difference in the health care debate and influence your congressional representative to vote against PelosiCare. We’ve bolded a few items in the email that we think this member did very well – we particularly […]
Continue reading...They can force us to pay for health care, and fine us if we don’t, but they can’t prevent us from firing workers or lowering wages
30. October 2009
We’ve been having a lot of conversations with Small Business owners about how they will change their businesses if Congress passes their monstrous, prosperity-killing Health Care Bill. We are also small business owners and employees ourselves, and what is emerging from these conversations frightens us and should frighten all American workers. The consensus? “They can […]
Continue reading...The Costs of Health Care – Big Government is a Primary Driver
30. October 2009
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The following article is written by Doctor Barry Jacobs, a Medical Doctor and SBABG contributor from Texas. Dr. Jacobs is practicing and experienced Reproductive Endocrinologist who has served in many capacities over his long and distinguished career (full bio at end of article), All of us are concerned about what health care costs in this […]
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21. June 2011
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