What’s the current situation with small businesses and health insurance?
• Employers want to do the right thing by their workers and ensure that they have health insurance, but skyrocketing costs often prevent them from doing so. This country has the best health care providers and medical facilities in the world, but small businesses simply spend far too much to cover their employees, putting them at a major competitive disadvantage. • The number of small businesses able to offer health insurance to their employees is dropping rapidly. In 2008, 38% of small companies offered health insurance, compared with 41% in 2007 and 61% in 1993. This decrease in coverage in health insurance costs for small firms have increased 129% over the last eight years.
