WNY businesses seek health-care options - The Business Review (Albany):

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The report from New York Smalll Business United for Health Care indicates surprising levels of supporgtfor options, along with a stronger role for governmentr in making the health-care system work and a willingness amontg small business owners to contribute their fair share for good healtyh care. Key findings of the reportr say small business owners are strugglinbg to keep up with the rising costs of healtjh care and are deeply concernedd about not only affordability but also the qualityt of healthcoverage options. • 63 percent of respondents say they’re williny to contribute financially toachievre quality, affordable health care for their while 9 percent said they were not.
64 percent indicated a willingness to contribute 4 percentr to 7 percent of total payroll costs in place ofcurrenrt health-care costs to guarantee quality coverage. Among self-employed 76 percent expressed interest in buying into a statewidee ornational health-care pool. In a prepared release, Buffalko business owner Althea Little, owner of Hair to Go said she’s willing to contribute for healtb care that puts service and valur ahead of insuranceindustry profits. “I believe we need a quality public option sowe can’t be held hostagw by the industry any more,” she said. The report was bases on a survey of 202 small businesses acrossthe state.
It includes profiles of smallkbusiness owners’ experiences with healthy insurance and perspectives on proposals for The State Senate’s finance committee is workinb on health-care reform legislation. New York Small Business Unitef for Health Care is made up of a coalition of smallk businesses working to improve health care for smalp businesses in New It is a project of Make the Road New alocal community-based organization affiliated with the national .