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June 14 2008

Small Business Health Insurance

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Health insurance for people that are self employed or small businesses can be both confusing and difficult. Not only are you responsible for insuring yourself when you are self employed but your family as well. If you own a small business you may have to cover a few employees. So what are your options for health care if you own your own business?
The first and probably most important thing to keep in mind is health care for the self employed and small businesses tends to be more expensive. This is due to the small number of people you are going to cover. Large businesses get a lower rate because they are going to be insuring so many people.
The benefit of supplying your own insurance is you get to shop around a bit more. This gives you the opportunity to find health care that offer more choices with both physicians and prescription drugs. You can also shop around for a lower deductible. These are all options that you can’t get if your company supplies health insurance.
Also keep in mind, if you are self employed you are able to deduct a percentage of the health care cost on you taxes. It probably won’t make up for the cost but, because health insurance is essential, it does help.

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