Health Care Burden on Small Businesses

An article in today’s Cleveland Plain Dealer revealed the results of a random survey of 300 Ohio small businesses. According to the story, 69% of the businesses offer no health insurance at all, while 77% of the remaining companies are struggling to provide it. Businesses are rightfully concerned about the steep rise in insurance costs from year to year triggered by a combination of the outrageous costs of prescription medication and the ever-continuing costs of hospitalization and doctor care.

It’s no wonder that 73% of the surveyed businesses believe that health-care reform is needed to get the economy back on track. I only hope that congress and the administration can come up with a creative plan that will justly provide health care to all Americans – without further burdening small businesses.

Will Limkemann
Siqua Group Limited