Wilson on Says His Vote for Health Care Reform will help Small Businesses

According to Wilson, in his speech on the House floor last night, "13,000 small businesses will have the opportunity to provide insurance [for their employees]"




Here's what Karen Kerrigan, President, Small Business & Entrepreneurship Council, has to say about that:

Make no mistake, those voting for H.R. 3962 voted to burden our nation's job creators with higher costs and crushing taxes and penalties. Even in the best of economic times passage of this bill would be an inane move. The costs associated with H.R. 3962 are oppressive, and as a result jobs will be cut and small business growth will be stunted.

The U.S. House missed an opportunity to offer a lifeline to small businesses in the form of reasonable reform efforts that would help them keep or provide health insurance for themselves and their workforce. Small businesses spoke out on this issue, but the Democrat leadership and those voting for H.R. 3962 chose to ignore their concerns. The claim that H.R. 3962 will help small businesses is blatantly false.