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A new study insists that Obama-style healthcare reform will benefit small and midsize businesses.

The study — out of MIT conducted for the Small Business Majority, a nonprofit healthcare advocacy group — was done against the backdrop of data indicating that small businesses in the United States at one time were major providers of health coverage: 67% offered coverage to employees in 1995, compared to 38% in 2008.

Here are the conclusions of the study — and apparent benefits for small businesses under healthcare reform: