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NASE President, Kristie Arslan, provides insight on what will change for the self-employed under health reform. Get insight on how you will shop for health coverage, what plan options will be available, and how affordable health coverage will be.

Q: I’m about to hire my first employee and I have a few questions. Am I required to provide health insurance? Can I provide a health insurance stipend and have that qualify as providing health insurance? What is a reasonable amount to provide as a health insurance stipend?

Health Reimbursement Arrangement (HRA) eligibility

It’s a jungle out there—the tangled thicket of government rules and regulations companies must navigate to protect employees’ health and privacy rights. Naturally, you want to do what’s best for your workers. But good intentions won’t keep you from a brush with the health police—the numerous federal and state agencies that enforce key health provisions.

Your workspace is more than just a place. It’s a symbol of your mental health.

A pounding heart. Shaking hands. Shortness of breath. These are just some of the symptoms commonly felt during a panic attack.

For most of us, the need to accomplish many things at once seems like a given. But, the concept of multitasking didn’t crop up in the workplace until around the time that every desk got a computer.

If you’re the parent of a special needs child, you’ve proven that you can handle a tough—and rewarding—job. Perhaps you’ve also chosen self-employment so you can spend more time with your child.

We increasingly rely on the Web’s treasure-trove of data. But how trustworthy is the information we’re unearthing? Follow these rules to find the best, most accurate health websites.

Finding time to tend to health and well-being is a challenge for the notoriously time-starved self-employed. Throw a business trip into the mix and it’s easy to make excuses to slack off.

In 2008, the average daily cost of a semiprivate room in a U.S. nursing home was $191, according to the MetLife Mature Market Institute. That’s just shy of $70,000 a year.

The appearance of a baby bump in the office is cause for joy. But when you’re the business owner, it can also induce anxiety.

In June 2007, the results of a National Safety Council (NSC) injury report sent shivers up the spines of public health officials.

Vision may be the most precious of our senses. Too bad many of us take it for granted.

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. But have you thought about the dangers tobacco poses to your micro-business?

The next time you’re hiring, there’s a good chance you could meet an applicant with a disability. According to the 2000 Census, about 50 million Americans—about one in five people—have some form of disability.

The most capable computer can’t touch the human brain when it comes to speed, sophistication and capabilities. You spend time babying your desktop or laptop machine

Your waistband is getting tighter, you haven’t been able to touch your toes in 10 years, and the last time you sprinted after a Frisbee you got winded in a few seconds.

The blues have been around since, well, human beings. Everyone experiences an occasional cloudy spell, sometimes for no apparent reason.

More than 45 million people in the United States have chronic headaches, says the National Headache Foundation, and 28 million of those suffer from migraines.

The NASE has created to two page brief that highlights the Affordable Care Act and its impact on America's smallest Businesses. It is a great tool that breaks down the complicated legislation and makes it easier to understand.