Count small businesses as those against health care reform. A survey by Newtek Business Services finds 90 percent of small business owners don't plan on purchasing health insurance from the government, and 88 percent don't think it's right for the federal government to force a state resident to buy health insurance.
Just 9 percent believe they will have to purchase health insurance from the government while 53 percent believe the cost of health care is going to increase in the next two years.
Barry Sloane, chairman, president and CEO of The Small Business Authority, says he's "amazed" business owners don't truly understand the potential reality of the Patient Protection and Affordable Health Care Act.
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"There is wide spread theory that the PPACA will clearly reduce choice for private carriers and allow remaining carriers to continue to raise premiums subject to government regulation," Sloane says. "If the federal government, under the act, believes private insurers should not exist based upon pricing premium received versus coverage offered they effectively could eliminate this private sector business model."
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