The HELP Subcommittee of the House Education and Labor Committee recently held a hearing to examine the option of a single payer health care system.
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Jun 19, 2009
Small business owners testified at a recent House Small Business Committee hearing to ask Congress to quickly enact health care reform.
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Jun 19, 2009
The President's Council of Economic Advisers recently released a report projecting that a failure to enact federal health care reform could negatively impact the economy.
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Jun 19, 2009
According to a study by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the number of Americans without health insurance could double over the next decade if federal health care reform is not enacted.
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Jun 19, 2009
Tiffany Washington, owner of Waldorf, Md.-based small business Washington Accounting Services, today received a $30,000 gift from the National Association for the Self Employed (NASE) in recognition of the excellent small-business practices she employed to catapult her start-up venture into a successful business.
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Jun 18, 2009
NASE Tax Advisor Keith Hall talks with lawmakers about making tax forms easier to navigate, arguing that this could help shrink the tax gap. He says many micro-business owners want to pay their tax obligation, but are often confused by the tax code and how it applies to them.
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Jun 15, 2009
During tough economic times, the National Association for the Self-Employed has introduced two new membership packages with additional benefits and opportunities...
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Jun 08, 2009
By now everybody knows the risks of smoking — from cancer and heart disease to prematurely aged skin. Tobacco use is the biggest cause of death worldwide and the leading preventable cause of death in the U.S.
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May 28, 2009
Despite the economic downturn, some states were able to enact laws that extended health coverage for children and promoted cost and quality transparency in 2008, according to a recent BlueCross BlueShield Association (BCBSA) report.
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May 28, 2009
We’re savvy consumers when it comes to finding high-quality computers or cars or office equipment. When we’re buying health care? Not so much. And until recently, we had no way to make a fully informed decision when deciding where to have surgery.
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May 27, 2009