Obamacare Affects Coverage for Business Owners and their Employees
A recent Wall Street Journal article touches on the
very important, increasingly real and woefully under-reported ways Obamacare is
impacting small businesses. Here, NFIB’s healthcare policy expert, Kevin Kuhlman, weighs in on how the Affordable Care Act impacts small business owners, even if they are not subject to the employer mandate.
“While one requirement—the employer mandate—does not affect businesses with fewer than 50 employees, numerous other
taxes, mandates and limitations do apply to small business owners. These
requirements further increase the cost of health insurance, which has been the
number one problem for small businesses since 1986, according to the NFIB
Research Foundation. Beyond the factors addressed in the Wall Street Journal article, small businesses that do offer health insurance to employees must provide an ACA-compliant essential health
benefits package to employees that has additional taxes and fees to fund other parts
of the law. In addition to educating small business owners about the
impact the ACA will have on their business, NFIB is fighting for relief from
the most egregious provisions.”
—Kevin Kuhlman, NFIB Manager of Legislative Affairs
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