Survey finds small businesses favor health care reform - Nashville Business Journal:

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The report with new polling of Wisconsinh small businesses owners was released on a medisa callMonday co-sponsored by and . The statewide survety of small business owners conductec by SmallBusiness Majority, a national small businessw advocacy organization focused on health care reform, found that affordability is the primary obstacle to small businessx owners obtaining health insurance. Eighty-fou r percent of small businesses not offeringv health insurance saythey can’ t afford to, while 70 percent of thos e who do are struggling to provids it.
Small business owneres also see the cost of health insurancer as a significant barrier to entrepreneurship and say reform is importan in helping theeconomy recover. “Small business owners aren’t shirking theif responsibility where health care is saidJohn Arensmeyer, founder and chief executive officerf of Small Business Majority. “They feel a responsibilit y to provide health care for their employeea and are willing to do their part in fixint ourbroken system.” The report foune 75 percent of small business owneres support having the option of a privatee or public health insurance plan as part of healt care reform.
They also believr individuals, employers, insurers, the government and healthu care providers should share the responsibility for makinvg coveragemore affordable. “The findings in the Small Businesse Majority poll of Wisconsin small business owner s parallel what we have been hearing all over the saidRobert Kraig, prograk director for Citizen Action of “Skyrocketing health care costs are a tremendous burden on Wisconsin small businesses, and small business owners strongly support fundamentak reform.
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