Health care for the small contractor is the biggest liability now.
This issue constitutes a hurdle over which economic growth either happens or does not.
also, as i understand it the greater % of personal bankrupcies are based on a health care crisis.
More Wealthy Americans Becoming Uninsured
Posted: 11/22/2002
Though it's often wrongly assumed that lack of health insurance is mostly a problem for those in lower income brackets, USA Today reports that wealthy and poor Americans became uninsured in equal numbers last year.
According to Census Bureau figures, 811,000 people with incomes above $75,000 gave up their health insurance in 2001. Self-employed people make up the largest percentage of the high-income uninsured.
Some believe that as more wealthy citizens face this problem, pressure will mount to pass reforms that combat skyrocketing premiums and help the 41.2 million uninsured Americans find affordable health care plans.
"To some extent, it is a very good thing that these middle- and upper-income folks are getting into this fix," Princeton Economist Uwe Reinhardt told USA Today.
The high cost of health care has been the No. 1 concern of NFIB members since 1986. NFIB has fought for the passage of Association Health Plans (AHPs), which would allow small business owners to band together across state lines to purchase health coverage for their families and employees. AHPs can give small businesses the same accessibility, affordability and choice in the health care marketplace that big business now enjoys
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