Increased health insurance costs plague small businesses

From health and high costs of health insurance remains one of the main problems facing individuals and small entrepreneurs.A new report from Price Waterhouse Coopers, said the large number of factors, health care costs higher.

Among the main culprits are disputes, mandates, regulations, fraud and abuse, an increase of 13.7 percent of premiums during the year for large companies.

The health care mandates will continue to spiral. Number of units over 1500, federal and state mandates have increased 25 times between 1970 and 1996. It was also the Senate approved a “patients’ rights” legislation would add 89 new seats, though.

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