Okay, maybe the crazy right-wingers who think the health care reform law will bring about the end of civilization have a case after all: NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) — An all-but-overlooked provision of the health reform law is threatening to swamp … Continue reading
If you’d like to hear me natter about the health care bill’s effect on small business, I’ll be on WOC-AM in Iowa at 8 am (Central time) tomorrow morning, available here streaming over the interwebs. I’ll also be be on … Continue reading
Now that Congress has pulled an all-nighter and finally passed a health care reform bill (or half of one, anyway), I did the same to provide a look at what the new law will mean to you — assuming you’re … Continue reading
I check in on the state of microlending projects in Haiti, and how they will fare in the post-earthquake economy: As Haiti continues to dig out from the earthquake that leveled Port-au-Prince, local microlenders are gearing up to begin rebuilding … Continue reading
It’s swine flu season, which means all thoughts turn to what to do when your job won’t let you call in sick: As the H1N1 swine flu virus starts its second major sweep through the U.S., business owners are bracing … Continue reading
Health Savings Accounts, the Bush-spawned health insurance plans that have been derided as a mere tax dodge for the rich, are either in danger of being phased out under health reform, or likely to carry on unimpeded. You make the … Continue reading
The new law that President Obama is signing today doesn’t actually leave all small business owners out, but it does exclude some of them from its credit-card protections: When the Senate passed its credit-card reform bill on Tuesday, Senator Christopher … Continue reading
I tackle the plague of stores closing their doors and what can be done about it. (Once again, not my headline; “shuttered stores” are already beyond help…) Now that tent cities are out of fashion — or at least consigned … Continue reading
…and as a companion piece on the web, a look at how insurance pools are supposed to work, and why so far they haven’t: One of the keys to the various health reform plans kicking around Washington is “pooling.” The … Continue reading
My latest assessment of likely health care reform plans in Congress is out in Fortune Small Business, and on the web at CNNMoney.com: Barack Obama made health-care reform a central promise of his presidential campaign. But the shape any change … Continue reading