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Both Democrat Barack Obama and Republican John McCain have advanced a broad array of tax proposals that are complex, hard to understand, and on many points, difficult to compare. But the Tax Policy Center of the Urban Institute and the Brookings Institution, two nonpartisan research organizations, recently published a study that provides the best
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New data from SearchIgnite finds that the Google/Yahoo sponsored search deal will increase Yahoo search rates by about 22 percent.
Yahoo has higher keyword ad rates than Google for certain terms, including the first three results on searches for premium terms like "insurance." It also outdoes Google in the #1 result for keywords containing a
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Barack Obama unveiled a tax credit to encourage small firms to buy health insurance for employees.
The proposal, elaborated in a conference call with reporters by the campaign's Economic Policy Adviser, Jason Furman, would provide small firms with a 50% tax credit against the cost of employee premiums. To receive it, a company would have to
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Affordable health insurance is one of the biggest challenges for small business. It's one reason talented employees stay at large companies. They and their families can't afford to NOT have it. It's not our fault we can't offer health insurance as an employee benefit. But, the insurance industry has priced it out of our reach. Here's some sol
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Spiraling health-care costs have forced many small employers to reduce the benefits they offer -- or, in some cases, eliminate coverage altogether.
And there's no end in sight. Health-care costs for U.S. employers are expected to rise almost 10% in 2008, according to a recent survey by PricewaterhouseCoopers of more than 500 employers and heal
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New research released today from the National Federation of Independent Business shows the top concerns among small business owners are business costs, particularly those that are difficult to control such as health insurance costs, energy costs and inflation.
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The cost of health care is on the rise and fewer micro-businesses owners are offering coverage to their employees.
A survey of nearly 4,000 micro-businesses found that 18.6% of the respondents said their health care plans are covering full-time employees this year. That number is down from 46.2% in 2005.
A micro-business has 10 or fewer em
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Who should get health insurance, how should they get it, and who pays? Those three questions are at the forefront of the current controversy over health care and will provide the framework for the great debate that will begin once the presidential primaries end and the general election begins.
Small business owners, of course, have a huge stak
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The slow economy spells some unexpected breaks for shippers. Eager to grab bigger shares of a market that has all but stopped growing, FedEx, UPS and DHL will duke it out, negotiating contracts to reduce rates, despite an official 6.9% hike this year. Walk-ins, however, will pay the full fare.
Package delivery services won't trumpet the price
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Ya got me on this one - who knew I could bundle my worker's comp with my medical benefits and potentially save on both?
In one company I'm working with, we just changed insurance providers for our group health benefits as our old provider wanted to increase premiums 20%.
Once that was done, our new broker made us aware that Blue Cross coul
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If there is one thing that separates the self-employed from those employed by others, it is their preoccupation with health insurance.
Many entrepreneurs seem to find health insurance after doing a lot of research, though they generally pay more than they think they should. Some who are in good health bet on remaining that way and forgo health
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Small businesses say years of crushing health care costs have them backing major changes this time around. The NFIB helped derail President Bill Clinton's effort to overhaul the health insurance system during the 1990s. Now, small companies with an average of 10 workers are bearing the greatest burden of insurance premium increases, which have gr
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We live in a world where we don't get unless we ask. We're stuck with the same cell phone plan even though every provider is in a constant state of promotion. Our auto insurance is still priced high even though another company is always offering a deal. And credit cards, well, you know you can switch and get a lower interest rate any time.
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Lawmakers in Washington have dithered and debated while the health insurance crisis has grown increasingly worse. At last count, skyrocketing costs have forced 47 million Americans to forego insurance and put their health at risk. The majority of those work in small businesses. At the state level, however, a number of progressive governors, have ta
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Long term care insurance is becoming increasing important since most people are getting to live longer. And you know that the longer a person lives, the more frail they become. This alone makes the likelihood that they'll need assistance in daily activities very high. However, certain health conditions can make requirements of long term care a lo
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