| As a small business owner, you know the
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| | that they may be able to offer affordable
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| importance of being able to offer your
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| | health insurance to their employees.
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| employees health insurance. You also
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| | A bill introduced on to the House of
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| know the expense associated with it. What
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| | Representatives by Georgia Democratic
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| do small business owners do? How can they
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| | Representative John Barrow. The purpose
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| afford it? Well, depending on which
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| | of the bill, H.R. 2073: Small Business
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| state your business resides, there may be
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| | Health Insurance Promotion Act of 2005 is
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| government help.
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| | to "...to provide tax subsidies to
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| For instance, in the state of New York,
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| | encourage small employers to offer
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| Governor Pataki has proposed and
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| | affordable health coverage to their
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| Legislature has approved and enacted a
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| | employees through qualified health
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| program called Healthy NY. This program
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| | pooling arrangements..."
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| assists small business owners in
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| | This is a proposal before Congress. It
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| providing health insurance for their
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| | would have to be passed by both the House
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| employees.
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| | and Senate and signed by the President
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| Similarly, the state of Ohio, allows
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| | before it is law. Get involved, contact
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| Group Purchasing Arrangements (GPA's).
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| | your representative. Tell them to vote in
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| This is where small and large employers
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| | favor of this proposal. After all, we
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| may band together to purchase insurance
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| | elected them to do our bidding.
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| plans and reap the benefit of lower
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| | Bottom line, if you're a small business,
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| premiums. Some are formed as a result of
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| | visit your state's web site to see what
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| state legislation/regulation and others
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| | legislation has been passed in your
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| GPA's a re formed by associations.
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| | state. Additionally, check to see if
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| Kansas has the Kansas Health Partners
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| | there are program in existence that offer
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| Benefit Association. Their mission is to
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| | you help in providing health insurance
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| help reduce the number of uninsured in
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| | for your employees.
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| their state by helping small business so
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