Comments on: The Senate Health Bill: Bad for Small Business http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/ Tue, 14 Feb 2012 11:16:50 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: Jordan Stufflebeam, http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-99137 Jordan Stufflebeam, Mon, 22 Mar 2010 11:10:02 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-99137 The one thing that really makes me sad about this is the fact that the gonvernment is going to be incharge of the insurance. That is giving them more power which is not one thing that I like to move more towards. First with them bailing companies, and now they are controlling health insurance. We are relying more on the gonvernment now, and that is not good, they should have to rely on us. We need to have the power, not the gonvernment. We should decide how to run our health care, not the gonvernment. They want power, we cant give it to them, but we already are. The one thing that really makes me sad about this is the fact that the gonvernment is going to be incharge of the insurance. That is giving them more power which is not one thing that I like to move more towards. First with them bailing companies, and now they are controlling health insurance. We are relying more on the gonvernment now, and that is not good, they should have to rely on us. We need to have the power, not the gonvernment. We should decide how to run our health care, not the gonvernment. They want power, we cant give it to them, but we already are.

]]> By: Sacramento Bee Ignores Small Business Facts on Health Care | National Review Institute Blog http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-75422 Sacramento Bee Ignores Small Business Facts on Health Care | National Review Institute Blog Wed, 16 Dec 2009 15:23:17 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-75422 [...] as Heritage scholar John Ligon details, the subsidies and credits in the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) are largely [...] [...] as Heritage scholar John Ligon details, the subsidies and credits in the Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s (D-NV) are largely [...]

]]> By: East Greenbush, NY http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-72527 East Greenbush, NY Wed, 02 Dec 2009 18:45:44 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-72527 I find that that health insurance/care bill is a big dark cloud that I, as a small business owner, can not see through. I read some, but there are too many curveballs, too many exceptions, and too many pages. No one has been able to tell me about the impact on my business because the bill seems to be a moving target. What if my employee is covered by their spouse's plan? What if their spouse is a public employee, or a private employee? What if I have an employee who will not participate, I have one now? What if the insured spouse becomes out of work? Too many questions not answered. I find that that health insurance/care bill is a big dark cloud that I, as a small business owner, can not see through. I read some, but there are too many curveballs, too many exceptions, and too many pages. No one has been able to tell me about the impact on my business because the bill seems to be a moving target. What if my employee is covered by their spouse's plan? What if their spouse is a public employee, or a private employee? What if I have an employee who will not participate, I have one now? What if the insured spouse becomes out of work? Too many questions not answered.

]]> By: ANNETTE-NORTH DAKOTA http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-72245 ANNETTE-NORTH DAKOTA Tue, 01 Dec 2009 19:42:36 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-72245 What has happened to our Constitutional Rights? Why have you people (with no ears) gone off the deep end with this healthcare scam!! For decades the law has forced employers to increase minimum wages. We respect and care about our employees and resent the assumption that we are not taking the best care of them that we can afford to - including health care. Now, it's come down to a penalization situation if we are paying too much! I believe you folks had better get your heads on straight. You are ruining our country! What has happened to our Constitutional Rights? Why have you people (with no ears) gone off the deep end with this healthcare scam!!

For decades the law has forced employers to increase minimum wages. We respect and care about our employees and resent the assumption that we are not taking the best care of them that we can afford to – including health care. Now, it's come down to a penalization situation if we are paying too much! I believe you folks had better get your heads on straight. You are ruining our country!

]]> By: Get Equipped on What’s at Stake with ObamaCare | Conservative Principles Now http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-71779 Get Equipped on What’s at Stake with ObamaCare | Conservative Principles Now Sun, 29 Nov 2009 17:25:36 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-71779 [...] Reid health bill leaves businesses, especially small businesses, out of the [...] [...] Reid health bill leaves businesses, especially small businesses, out of the [...]

]]> By: Obamacare Hurts the Young | Conservative Principles Now http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-71020 Obamacare Hurts the Young | Conservative Principles Now Wed, 25 Nov 2009 03:34:33 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-71020 [...] noted before, the young are not the only losers under Obamacare. Particularly the poor and small businesses take a heavy hit [...] [...] noted before, the young are not the only losers under Obamacare. Particularly the poor and small businesses take a heavy hit [...]

]]> By: Obamacare Hurts the Young | Fix Health Care Policy http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-70658 Obamacare Hurts the Young | Fix Health Care Policy Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:47:04 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-70658 [...] noted before, the young are not the only losers under Obamacare. Particularly the poor and small businesses take a heavy hit [...] [...] noted before, the young are not the only losers under Obamacare. Particularly the poor and small businesses take a heavy hit [...]

]]> By: NFIB: Senate Health Care Bill Is “A Disaster” for Small Businesses | Conservative Principles Now http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-70584 NFIB: Senate Health Care Bill Is “A Disaster” for Small Businesses | Conservative Principles Now Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:57:44 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-70584 [...] that the Reid Bill leaves small businesses in a lurch. The bill essentially acknowledges that it is terrible policy for small businesses, given that it includes a “small business tax credit” to minimize the impact of the job killing employer mandates and regulation-caused rises in private [...] [...] that the Reid Bill leaves small businesses in a lurch. The bill essentially acknowledges that it is terrible policy for small businesses, given that it includes a “small business tax credit” to minimize the impact of the job killing employer mandates and regulation-caused rises in private [...]

]]> By: ruth, california http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-70297 ruth, california Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:07:33 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-70297 Why don't we address the elephant in the room - the fact that attorneys and liberal judges have bent over backward to allow greed to prevail in lawsuits instead of rewarding the few people who understand that personal responsibility is the right choice. Our country's health care costs have risen to their current high in large part because of the costs of the results of lawsuits based on greed instead of need. This is where we need reform - not new mandates that will only increase the financial crisis. The people need to demand that judges and juries make decisions by applying common sense to the facts at hand instead of rewarding people who want someone else to be responsible for them and in some cases, their foolish choices. Then our health care costs can become representative of the real costs and balance will again prevail without government interference. Why don't we address the elephant in the room – the fact that attorneys and liberal judges have bent over backward to allow greed to prevail in lawsuits instead of rewarding the few people who understand that personal responsibility is the right choice. Our country's health care costs have risen to their current high in large part because of the costs of the results of lawsuits based on greed instead of need. This is where we need reform – not new mandates that will only increase the financial crisis. The people need to demand that judges and juries make decisions by applying common sense to the facts at hand instead of rewarding people who want someone else to be responsible for them and in some cases, their foolish choices. Then our health care costs can become representative of the real costs and balance will again prevail without government interference.

]]> By: Michele, Connecticut http://blog.heritage.org/2009/11/19/the-senate-health-bill-bad-for-small-business/#comment-70249 Michele, Connecticut Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:19:13 +0000 http://www.foundry.org/?p=20252#comment-70249 Unfortunately health care coverage legislation remains "top down" at a time the greatest gap between the "haves" and the "have nots" is the greatest. Fundamentally the template of employer provided health care is applicable to big business but not to small business. Additionally unfunded mandates upon big business can be absorbed in the public sector (therefore easily passed on to consumers)and played out in the stock market. When projected upon small business mandates impact the private sector and shallow pockets. Small businesses have no resources to recover; when small businesses need money it is expected they are to look to themselves and personal assets. Additionally insurance premiums remain higher with employer provided health care. Mandates secure only the insurance industry, no security of coverage exists for Americans. It is harmful to small businesses to expect them to respond like big business. Small business is not part of the public sector economy and legislators know all too little about the private sector economy. Unfortunately health care coverage legislation remains "top down" at a time the greatest gap between the "haves" and the "have nots" is the greatest. Fundamentally the template of employer provided health care is applicable to big business but not to small business. Additionally unfunded mandates upon big business can be absorbed in the public sector (therefore easily passed on to consumers)and played out in the stock market. When projected upon small business mandates impact the private sector and shallow pockets. Small businesses have no resources to recover; when small businesses need money it is expected they are to look to themselves and personal assets. Additionally insurance premiums remain higher with employer provided health care. Mandates secure only the insurance industry, no security of coverage exists for Americans. It is harmful to small businesses to expect them to respond like big business. Small business is not part of the public sector economy and legislators know all too little about the private sector economy.

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