Comments on: Obama Calls Small Business The Little Engine that Could http://longislandbusinesslawyer.com/small-business/obama-calls-small-business-the-little-engine-that-could/ Published By Ellen A. Victor, Esq. Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:21:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Ellen Victor http://longislandbusinesslawyer.com/small-business/obama-calls-small-business-the-little-engine-that-could/comment-page-1/#comment-67 Ellen Victor Wed, 04 Nov 2009 03:39:27 +0000 http://longislandbusinesslawyer.com/?p=181#comment-67 Doug, Thanks for your comment. According to the President, the proposed legislation offers a tax credit of up to 50% of the premiums to small businesses that offer health coverage to their employees. Doug,

Thanks for your comment. According to the President, the proposed legislation offers a tax credit of up to 50% of the premiums to small businesses that offer health coverage to their employees.

]]> By: Doug Weiner http://longislandbusinesslawyer.com/small-business/obama-calls-small-business-the-little-engine-that-could/comment-page-1/#comment-64 Doug Weiner Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:03:48 +0000 http://longislandbusinesslawyer.com/?p=181#comment-64 As a 30 year veteran of being employed by companies that provided or significantly subsidized insurance premiums, I'm now running a start-up consulting practice. Premiums to cover reasonably healthy family alone is prohibitive - I'd be very hesitant to take on employees where there was an expectation that I'd provide coverage. Unless some subsidy could be built into the proposed plans, folks in my shoes will be going the route of bringing in consultants rather than employees. (Heard that Party City is hiring 'inert subatomic gas induction agents' as comsultants to blow up helium balloons. As a 30 year veteran of being employed by companies that provided or significantly subsidized insurance premiums, I’m now running a start-up consulting practice. Premiums to cover reasonably healthy family alone is prohibitive – I’d be very hesitant to take on employees where there was an expectation that I’d provide coverage. Unless some subsidy could be built into the proposed plans, folks in my shoes will be going the route of bringing in consultants rather than employees. (Heard that Party City is hiring ‘inert subatomic gas induction agents’ as comsultants to blow up helium balloons.

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