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Rising Costs for Healthcare: Implications for Public Policy, April 2009

  • This study focuses on the costs of healthcare, the forces behind those costs, and the most effective ways to control cost increases so that we can expand coverage and reduce the number of uninsured Americans.
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The NFIB Small Business Economic Trends Survey In Action - April 23, 2009

  • Check out Sen. Charles Grassley on the U.S. Senate floor discussing how raising the personal income tax level will hurt small business owners. Grassley uses NFIB data to argue that rising taxes on small businesses is the wrong thing to do in this economy.
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Access to Credit, January 2009

  • This survey from NFIB's National Small Business Poll series explores the affects of the current economic recess on small business owners and their ability to access credit.
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Small Business Economic Trends

SBET Report Cover NFIB Small Business Economic Trends, June 2009
The Index of Small Business Optimism rebounded 5.8 points in April to 86.8 (1986=100), led higher by 8 of the 10 Index components. All three of the "hard components" (job creation plans, inventory investment plans and capital spending plans) rose, although they are still at anemic levels. Assuming April’s numbers are not merely a brief interruption of a longer recession, this is good news for Gross Domestic Product growth and a rescue of the job market.

June 2009 Survey

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Small Business Problems & Priorities

Small Business Problems & Priorities study Problems & Priorities
The cost of health insurance remains the top problem for small business in America—-as it has been for two decades. Read the survey results from the seventh edition of NFIB's Small Business Problems and Priorities survey, which is based on the responses of 3,530 small business owners.

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