Rep. Jim McDermott speaking at a health care rally on May 30, Seattle. Photo courtesy of seiuhealthcare775nw.
Small Businesses and Health Care Reform
06/22/2009 at 9:00 a.m.
The Obama administration's plans for health care reform all rely on employers paying for insurance. Where does this leave small business owners who often don't have the money to afford health insurance for their employees? Would a public plan option be feasible for small business owners? Or could small business owners group together to form buying cooperatives to buy into private health care plans?Guest(s)
Congressman Jim McDermott is on the House's Ways and Means Committee. He's also a medical doctor and a child psychiatrist.
Jody Hall is the owner of Cupcake Royale. She travelled to Washington, D.C. last month to speak with legislators about health care reform.
Leanne Clarke is the co–owner of Haleyanne Jewelry in the Pike Place Market. She buys into the Washington Basic Health Plan herself and has been a leader in the Pike Place Market, organizing business owners in working for health care reform. In 2007, she led a survey project of market businesses that showed that 40 percent of people working in the market were uninsured — or four times the state average. She will be travelling to Washington, D.C., tomorrow to speak with legislators.
Don Conant is the general manager of Valley Nut and Bolt in Olympia, a light steel manufacturer and distributor since 1969.
Senator Maria Cantwell
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- 'We All Scream For Health Care,' Puget Sound Business Journal
- 'Savings for Small Business in Health Care,' The New York Times
- 'Helping the Bottom Line,' Report from the Obama Administration
- Cupcake Royale Blog
- Haleyanne Jewelry
- Valley Nut and Bolt
