Can Health Care Reform Help The Self-Employed?
Talk of the new health care tax in order to revamp the current system has been debated since the federal government introduced the proposal. The American public is torn on the issue. President Obama views this state of affairs as being healthy and part of the democratic way. He does not see debate or controversy as necessarily a bad thing. The question is what impact will this new tax have upon the self-employed? Currently there are over 9 million self-employed individuals in America who are insured. This group of individuals includes contractors, freelancers, and sole proprietors. Some these groups of self-employed will have employees, but the figures are not conclusive on how many. For example, the census bureau records 22 million sole proprietors, some of which could also be salaried workers for other companies as well. The system in America is such that self-employed individuals are already paying high health insurance premiums. Unlike big and medium sized companies who get differe
