Health Insurance and the Economic Recovery

Has anyone wondered about the economic recovery and how they say it will happen with small business? As a small business owner, and as a member of a household with another small business owner, we are fast approaching almost $2,000.00 per month for health insurance premiums.

Had a public option been possible, could that expenditure have been slashed in half? Think about it. If we both had another $500 per month to expend for goods and services we need to advertise, network and grow our businesses, that could result in an infusion of over $12,000 additional dollars a year into this economy. Instead, it is being usurped by health insurance companies and the for-profit medical industry.

How will we bring this economy back on line with that type of expenditure? I attended a meeting this morning with several other small business people and there was nodding of the heads all around the table concerning this issue. Without our representatives putting their heads together to find affordable health care options for big and small businesses alike, we are swirling around in the cesspool of health care options. Same old story only with a more expensive ending. I, for one, am going to be actively working with my senators and representative to continue to fight for affordable healthcare, no matter who the lobbyists are. Won't you join me in carrying this message forward? Ed Schultz, we need you to carry on the public option fight. Thanks.