The rising cost of health care: field hearing before the Committee on Small Business, House of Representatives, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, Buckhannon, West Virginia, August 25, 2003, Volume 4 |
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Page 22 - Obviously, in states where there is no competition for the small business dollar, prices will continue to rise. The National Association for the Self-Employed reports in a recent survey that 7 out of 10 small businesses do not provide health coverage to their employees and "costs" are cited as the chief reason for this trend.
Page 21 - ... businesses. Of the 43 million Americans without health insurance, 62% are either small business owners and their families or small business employees and their families. The problem of the uninsured is very clearly a problem of small business access to health care at reasonable prices. Well...
Page 33 - General Discussion and Definition of Important Terms1 Since 1966 there has been a great deal of public concern about employee pension plans. This concern eventually led to the passage of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), more commonly referred to as the Pension Reform Act. This law was primarily concerned with the financing of pension funds and protection of the rights of employees participating in a pension plan.