Small-Business Owners’ Views on Health Coverage and Costs

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Rising health care costs are a top concern for small-business owners

Small-business owners support a broad range of solutions — including market-based and regulatory — to curb climbing health care costs

ABSTRACT

• Issue: For years, small-business owners have faced rapidly escalating health care coverage costs, which affects their employees, their business, and the economy.
• Goals: To better understand employers’ perspectives on health care costs and to develop a targeted strategy for engaging and mobilizing to drive down costs and improve health outcomes.
• Methods: Key informant interviews, focus groups, and a nationwide survey.
• Key Findings: Despite a healthy economic period, rising health care costs represent a major...