Business

Resources for Small Businesses and
Employers on Health Reform

On Monday, April 12, 2010, Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut hosted a forum on “Health Care Reform: The Effect of Federal and State Legislation on Small Business.” Panelists included James Stirling, CEO of Stirling Benefits, Dr. Fred McKinney, President of the Greater New England Minority Supplier Development Council, Stan Dorn, Senior Fellow, Urban Institute, and Ben Geyerhahn, New York
Project Director, Small Business Majority. The session moderator was
journalist and entrepreneur Christine Stuart from CTNewsJunkie.com.

Forum Materials

Event Program

• Federal - State Health Reform program (PDF)

PowerPoint presentations shown at the seminar:

• SustiNet: Connecticut Health Reform in the Wake of Federal Action (PowerPoint)
• Impact of Healthcare Reform on Small Businesses (PowerPoint)
• Impetus for Reform (PowerPoint)

Print materials explaining the issues discussed at the seminar:

• SBM - What's in it for small business? (PDF)
• Healthcare Reform Will Help Connecticut Small Businesses (PDF)
• SustiNet Fact Sheet (PDF)
• SustiNet Chart (PDF)
• MBE Health Insurance Survey March 2010 (PDF)

Helpful articles on the issues:

• Health Reform Means More Jobs for Small Businesses (Web page)
• Hartford Business Journal: "Business Sees Gain On Health Reform" here.
• Connecticut Plus: “IRS reaches out to nearly 54,000 Connecticut small business employers on benefits of new health care tax credit” here.
• Diversity Plus – upcoming article by Dr. Fred McKinney (DOC)

Answers to the questions asked at the session:

• SustiNet FAQs
• Small Business Majority has answered many of the questions on federal reform. Check their online FAQ

Videos of the speakers at the forum

• Stan Dorn
  
• James Stirling
  
• Fred McKinney
  
• Ben Geyerhahn
  

Good Web Resources for Small Businesses

1. What health care reform means for small businesses: 
   http://www.whitehouse.gov/files/documents/health_reform_for_small_businesses.pdf 
2. FAQ on the new law and its impact on small businesses: 
   http://smallbusinessmajority.org/hc-reform-faq/index.php
3. A tax credit calculator: 
   http://smallbusinessmajority.org/tax-credit-calculator/
4. IRS published a useful tool for small businesses to figure out the health care tax credits, available here:  
   http://www.irs.gov/newsroom/article/0,,id=220809,00.html?portlet=6.
5. A simple three step worksheet to help small businesses (or tax exempt organizations) figure out if they are eligible for the tax credit:     
   http://www.irs.gov/pub/irs-utl/3_simple_steps.pdf
6. Small Business Majority has also designed a calculator for small businesses:
   http://smallbusinessmajority.org/tax-credit-calculator/
7. Center on Budget and Policy Priorities: Employer Responsibility in Health Reform:
   http://www.cbpp.org/cms/index.cfm?fa=view&id=3163&emailView=1
8. Answers For Families And Small Business:
   http://healthreform.gov/about/answers.html#smallbusinesses
9. Click here to download a fact sheet from the Main Street Alliance that summarizes key provisions in the final package and what small businesses stand to gain.

Organizations at the April 12 Small Business Seminar

1. Small Businesses for Health Care Reform
2. Greater New England Minority Supplier Dvpmt. Council
3. Greater Meriden Chamber of Commerce
4. Small Business Majority
5. Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

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