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Associated Press: Obama's Health Care Aid to Small Firms Disappoints
May 30, 2012 -
Obama's Health Care Aid to Small Firms Disappoints By Ricardo Alonso-Zaldivar It seemed like a good idea at the time. But a health insurance tax credit for small businesses, part of President Barack Obama's health care law that gets strong support in public opinion polls, has turned out to be a dis...
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Graves, Snowe Request GAO Study on Small Business Health Care Tax Credit, Report Proves Ineffectiveness
May 21, 2012 -
House Small Business Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Olympia J. Snowe (R-ME) today issued the following statement on a GAO report they requested, which shows the ineffectiveness of the health care tax credit for small busin...
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What Small Businesses Are Saying on the Second Birthday of ObamaCare
Mar 23, 2012 -
Don’t expect any champagne corks to be popped anytime soon. American small business owners have been loud and clear about their displeasure with the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (PPACA) and the onslaught of employer mandates and taxes associated with it. Our Committee has held three he...
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Chairman Graves in Politico: What Small-Business Owners Want to Hear in State of the Union Speech
Jan 23, 2012 -
What Small-Business Owners Want to Hear in State of the Union Speech By Chairman Sam Graves January 23, 2012 What do small-business owners want from the government? The short answer: Move out of the way. Eight out of 10 small-business owners say they want the government to stay out of the way inste...
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Small Businesses: American Economy Headed In The Wrong Direction
Jan 18, 2012 -
Small Businesses: American Economy Headed In The Wrong Direction WASHINGTON— In the U.S. Chamber of Commerce’s latest Small Business Outlook Survey, only 10% say the U.S. economy is headed in the right direction. The quarterly surveys are designed to track the small business community’s outlook on t...
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Coffman: PPACA’s Medical Loss Ratio is Bad Policy and Bad for Small Business
Dec 15, 2011 -
WASHINGTON, D.C.— House Small Business Investigations, Oversight and Regulations Subcommittee Chairman Mike Coffman (R-CO) today held a subcommittee hearing to examine new Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act’s (PPACA) Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) and its effect on job creation. Some have argued t...
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Washington Examiner: ObamaCare Insurance Regs Raise Costs, Kill Jobs
Dec 15, 2011 -
ObamaCare Insurance Regs Raise Costs, Kill Jobs By Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner A small business health insurer broker testified today that Obamacare's Medical Loss Ratio (MLR) regulations has cut his revenues, forced many of his competitors out of business, and may end the small business insu...
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The Hill: Rep. Ellmers: Reform law may hamper small insurers
Aug 30, 2011 -
The Hill: Rep. Ellmers: Reform law may hamper small insurers August 30, 2011 By Sam Baker The Health and Human Services Department hasn’t adequately addressed the needs of small insurance companies — and small employers — as it implements the healthcare reform law, Rep. Renee Ellmers (R-N.C.) said i...
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Congressional Quarterly: GOP Lawmaker Wants Changes in HHS Rule for Health Exchanges
Aug 30, 2011 -
GOP Lawmaker Wants Changes in HHS Rule for Health Exchanges By Emily Ethridge, Congressional Quarterly August 30, 2011 A House subcommittee chairwoman is urging the Obama administration to clarify its proposed rule on the health care law’s state insurance exchanges to prevent small businesses from b...
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Chairman Graves in the Washington Examiner: If they like their health care, can small businesses keep it?
Aug 17, 2011 -
If They Like Their Health Care, Can Small Businesses Keep It? By Chairman Sam Graves August 17, 2011 When President Obama signed the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, into law last year, he promised the legislation would increase access to and affordability of health care. ...
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