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Obama: Health Bill Will Help Small Businesses

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(Newser) – President Obama sought to win over small-business owners in his push for health care reform today, Politico reports. The president, whose planned overhaul has come under fire from the US Chamber of Commerce and other business organizations, cited a White House study showing that small businesses pay much more per worker than big ones, forcing many to drop coverage or even close down.

"This is unsustainable, it’s unacceptable, and it’s going to change when I sign health insurance reform into law,” Obama said in his weekly address, attacking Republican critics seeking to derail the reforms. "Some have even suggested that, regardless of its merits, health care reform should be stopped as a way to inflict political damage on my administration," he said. "I'll leave it to them to explain that to the American people."  

President Obama, accompanied by American Medical Association President J. James Rohack, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.
President Obama, accompanied by American Medical Association President J. James Rohack, speaks about health care in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington.   (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
President Obama speaks during a signing ceremony of a proclamation celebrating the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act yesterday.
President Obama speaks during a signing ceremony of a proclamation celebrating the 19th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act yesterday.   (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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DontLikeYou
Jul 25, 09 8:32 AM CDT
As a small business owner, I can tell you that Mr. Obama is lying through his nicotine stained teeth. This man must truly believe in his heart that we, the American people, are complete idiots if he expects us to believe that smalll businesses will benefit from new taxes to pay for healthcare. As a small business owner, I already pay medicaid and social security taxes for my employees which amount to about 11-12% of their pay. Of course, I know that the government will add a new tax on small businesses to pay for the expense of health care. Socialists must always tax the evil small business owners. It is how they spread the wealth. OBAMA IS A FOOL! Reply
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UrUndertaker
Jul 25, 09 8:49 AM CDT
And you sir are an even larger fool, the Party of NO INTELLIGENCE has once more reared it's tiny head!
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Reader64481089
Jul 25, 09 10:58 AM CDT
After reading for hours and compiling information here are some conservative true figures, the cost has already surpassed this projection and is still climbing................ Without changes in federal policy, the number of Americans without health insurance will grow from about 45 million this year to about 54 million in 2019, the Congressional Budget Office said Tuesday. This year, health spending is expected to reach $2.6 trillion and will account for about 18 percent of the nation's economy. That spending comes to about $8,300 a person. That comes to $373,500,000,000.00 that's 373 BILLION US Dollars and guess who get's to pay, basically the working man and woman, not the wealthy business owner who are being helped by the inaction of Congress.
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doingtherightthing
Jul 25, 09 12:47 PM CDT
dontlikeyou.....small business would suffer more under Obamacare.....Obama has lied from the beginning about himself......he lies about your needs and he lies to the american public. He throws numbers out like he throws our $$$ around to his friends; and his socialist groups to further his cause............America is finally waking up to this leftwingnut..........he won't control unemployment nor will he help small business...........write your congressman or senator and tell them Obama sucks as a president and your going to vote them out of office if they approve Obamacare and don't lower unemployment and get the economy going again......... I'm a registered independent who thinks Obama is bad for this country
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Shannonals
Jul 25, 09 1:03 PM CDT
If the amount of your employees medicaid and social security is 11-12% of their pay, your not paying a single thing dontlikeyou, it's coming out of their pockets, so why are you complaining?
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