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Sam Manolakas, owner of Brookfield's, cleans up a serving station at his restaurant. Manolakas says he cannot afford his workers' rising health care premiums. But his workers earn so little, neither can they.
If rising health insurance premiums are giving employers a cold, they are giving small businesses the flu. Since President George W. Bush took office, the number of businesses that offer health insurance to their workers has declined 8 percent, from 69 percent in 2000 to 63 percent in 2008.
This decline in health care benefits is almost entirely due to the shrinking number of SOURCE: AP/Steve Yeater
Sam Manolakas, owner of Brookfield's, cleans up a serving station at his restaurant. Manolakas says he cannot afford his workers' rising health care premiums. But his workers earn so little, neither can they.
If rising health insurance premiums are giving employers a cold, they are giving small businesses the flu. Since President George W. Bush took office, the number of businesses that offer health insurance to their workers has declined 8 percent, from 69 percent in 2000 to 63 percent in 2008.
This decline in health care benefits is almost entirely due to the shrinking number of