Healthcare Is A Big Issue
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If you own or work for a small business, health care is a major issue for you. A universal, government managed health care system is an issue on which small business owners and employees can partner for a win-win solution. The PRWeb Press Release Newswire reports on the results of a survey by SurePayroll, an online payroll service. The survey found that “most small business owners consider healthcare issues key in determining their vote for the 2008 presidential election, and are looking to the government to address the rising costs of providing plans.” Most small businesses “know the current healthcare situation can have major, negative economic effects, and are putting pressure on the government to find a solution.”
Other economic analyses reported by Physicians for a National Health Program suggest different routes to the same goal – a federally-managed universal health system. One view holds that big business (including the insurance company consortium, America’s Health Insurance Plans (AHIP) and the National Coalition on Health Care (NCHC), a non-profit coalition of businesses, consumer groups and unions) realizes that “We need some form of universal coverage that would be funded centrally by the government, but delivered privately through existing mechanisms like HMOs.” A report on “The Corporate Crime of Selling Private Health Insurance” notes that, for all the talk on Capital Hill about more accessible and affordable health care, only Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) “has introduced single payer legislation (HR 676) in Congress that would make it unlawful to sell private health insurance for benefits that are medically necessary.”
If both big and small businesses realize we need universal health insurance, and all of us who either have no insurance or have it only at our employer’s discretion realize we need universal health insurance … isn’t it time that more than one lone congressman understands the concept? At least, our elected officials should understand that, according to that SurePayroll survey, “75% of small business owners who currently offer their employees a healthcare plan consider healthcare ‘very important’ or ‘important’ in deciding their vote” in the 2008 elections.
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