Without healthcare reform, the annual cost of health benefits to small business in 2018 will be $339 billion--more than double the cost in 2009.
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Healthcare reform, under the scenarios we modeled, could save up to 72% of small business jobs otherwise lost due to the continuing rise in healthcare costs. Read the report for details of the analysis.
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• On June 11, Small Business Majority released a new economic analysis showing that small businesses would benefit from comprehensive healthcare reform based on a shared responsibility approach. The report is based on MIT economist Jonathan Gruber’s microsimulation model.

• Former HHS Secretary/Wisconsin Governor Tommy Thompson hosted a “Summit Conversation” healthcare forum on April 7 in Madison, Wisconsin. Small Business Majority CEO John Arensmeyer was on the high-profile panel. He was invited back to participate in their May 6 event, hosted in San Francisco.
  
  
• Blue Shield of California Foundation sponsored a briefing on March 6 in Washington, DC, on lessons learned from California’s healthcare reform efforts. Small Business Majority CEO John Arensmeyer presented at the event, which was hosted by the Office of the Speaker, Nancy Pelosi, and attended by staff members of the California Congressional delegation.

• John Arensmeyer testified before both the House Committee on Education and Labor on June 23 and the Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Health, on June 25. His testimony addressed the tri-committee draft proposal on healthcare reform. (PDF)
  
  
• Small Business Majority CEO John Arensmeyer was asked to participate in the White House healthcare summit on March 5.
  
  
• Small Business Majority representatives attended an April 24 roundtable discussion at the White House on the impact of the health insurance crisis on small business. The meeting was led by Nancy-Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform.
  
  
• The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation conducted a national qualitative and quantitative survey of small business owners (PDF) on healthcare (released December 2008).
  
  
• Recent surveys of small business owners in Ohio (PDF) and New Mexico (PDF) reveal attitudes toward the current healthcare system and opinions on specific reform proposals.