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Heads Up! Prepare Yourself for the Employer Mandate Penalties in the Healthcare Law

Tuesday, June 7, 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 […]

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New Law Proposed to Require Companies to Pay Employees for Sick Leave

Wednesday, November 11, 2009

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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.

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The Costs of Health Care – Big Government is a Primary Driver

Friday, October 30, 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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Senate Ready to Ditch Unproven but Sure-to-Fail Health Care Plan for Already-Failed Plan

Wednesday, October 7, 2009

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These people are insane.  Just.  Insane: Some influential centrist Democrats in the Senate are warming to a compromise that envisions health-insurance plans run by state governments, and California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger added his voice Tuesday to a small group of Republicans expressing support for a Democratic-led overhaul plan. Government-run health care schemes with most of […]

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URGENT Call to Action – Must Act on Health Care, Today!

Tuesday, October 6, 2009

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If your Senators are serving on the Senate Finance Committee, they need to hear from you today! The Senate Finance Committee is expected to vote within 48 hours on its draft of ObamaCare.  The Senate version contains destructive Individual and Corporate Mandates, as well as a version of the competition-killing Public Option. Because this is […]

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This is Gonna Hurt: The Pain of Mandatory Health Insurance

Friday, August 21, 2009

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This is Gonna Hurt: The Pain of Mandatory Health Insurance

One way to provide universal health insurance coverage is to force people to buy it for themselves.  Another way to get it is to force employers to pay for their employees’ coverage.  Or, you could do both.  That’s what Massachusetts tried and that’s what the federal government wants to do. Seems that Massachusetts would be […]

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