Small Businesses For Health Care Reform

Providing an Independent Voice for Sustainable, Quality Health Care for Connecticut

Small Businesses Need a Health Care Solution
Small businesses account for 80 percent of new jobs in the state, but fewer than half of those new jobs come with health insurance.
Small Businesses for Health Care Reform is a network of Connecticut small businesses that will provide an independent voice for quality health care in Connecticut.  Among other planned actions, the group is supporting SustiNet, a proposal for health care reform put forward by Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut.

Health care costs have a tremendous impact on Connecticut's economic health. Small businesses account for 80 percent of new jobs in the state, but fewer than half of these jobs come with health insurance. Insurance is becoming unaffordable for more businesses every day. To survive, small business owners realize they must join together to be heard in support of quality, affordable health care for every Connecticut resident.

Small Businesses for Health Care Reform welcomes all individuals, businesses and groups that care about health, strong communities, viable small businesses and a strong economy. Work with us! It is time for small businesses to speak for themselves about what is important to us.
There is a growing understanding that the current health care system limits small businesses and their ability to grow and attract quality employees.

We will post links to articles, studies, and information that describes the problems and possible solutions.

Check back often to see what else is new!
The New York Times
BUSINESS / ECONOMY   | December 16, 2009
Economic Scene:  If Health Care Reform Fails, America's Innovation Gap Will Grow
By DAVID LEONHARDT
The need for health coverage prevents many workers from finding new jobs or starting new companies, which suppresses economic growth.

Will Health Reform Help Small Businesses? -- Read the December 2009 brief from the Urban Institute and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation



Editorial
Health Reform and Small Business
Published: August 13, 2009
A vast majority of small businesses and their workers are likely to benefit greatly from pending health care bills. They should be supporting, not opposing, reform.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/13/opinion/13thu1.html

Document Library

NameDescription
DocumentSmall Businesses for Health Care Reform Press AdvisoryPress advisory around the creation of Small Businesses for Health Care Reform
DocumentSmall Businesses for Health Care Reform April 1, 2009 Press releaseSmall Businesses for Health Care Reform joins Realtors at the Capitol on April 1, 2009 to call for health care reform
DocumentSmall Businesses for Health Care Reform PostcardSmall Businesses for Health Care Reform Postcard
DocumentPress Advisory June 23, 2009Small Businesses for Health Care Reform encourages the Governor to sign SustiNet into law
Small Business is active in health care reform
Small Businesses for Health Care Reform Advisory Committee members spoke at the press conference on June 23, 2009 when the SustiNet and Healthcare Partnership bills were delivered to the Governor for her action
More Information about Small Business and Health Care Reform
This article appeared in The New York Times in February, 2009.
Small Payroll, but Big Woes on Insurance  By KEVIN SACKPublished: February 2, 2009 
Here is information and statistics about Connecticut specifically.

http://statehealth.newamerica.net/node/97
Here is a link to a site by the National Small Business Association (NSBA) that contains data and information about small businesses' access to health insurance  http://www.healthreformtoday.org/reform.html

Here is a recent Wall Street Journal blog on the subject - http://blogs.wsj.com/independentstreet/2009/03/26/curing-small-business-health-insurance-woes/
Helping the Bottom Line - Health Reform and Small Businesses - from HealthReform.gov
Please Contact info@smallbusinessesforhealthcarereform.org if you have any questions about Small Businesses for Health Care Reform.

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