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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

Healthcare Reform: New Taxes vs. a New Direction

The question of healthcare reform is a hot one these days, and the administration’s solution to it—taxes on all sorts of things including employer-paid benefits and soda pop—seems to be the odds-on favorite to win. Still, is sinking even more money, trillions of dollars, into healthcare really the only option? Perhaps it is really a matter of priorities instead.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

New Legislation to Help Small Business with Healthcare

Three senators, Durbin (D-IL), Snowe (R-ME), and Lincoln (D-AR) have introduced legislation for consideration in the upcoming Congressional healthcare reform debate that is designed to make insurance more available and affordable for the employees of the nation’s small businesses and for millions of self-employed individuals.

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Charles M Cooper
Charles M Cooper

The Best (and Worst) States for Small Business Healthcare Costs

Given the rising cost of healthcare to small business, the SBE Council has released its Healthcare Policy Cost Index, which ranks the states according to their overall healthcare costs.

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