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Joan Kennedy

We are a small business in Santa Ana and have been in business for 20 years.  Yes, we are all getting older but the health care cost for a small business is getting way out of hand.  Our cost increase this year is 14.77% - from 1593.38 to 1828.74.  We can not raise our pricing 14.77% to our customers or the door will be closed!  I know that the state helped reform Workers Comp a few years back - we need a major correction on these rising costs.  



When you don’t have a "major crash" (like in auto insurance) we should be given a reduction or rebate. I don’t have answers but we all need help.
field poll
There is Widespread Support for Reform
81% of voters agree with the statement "it should be public policy that government guarantee that all Californians have access to affordable health care insurance or other health care coverage."
Source: Field Poll, "California Voter Views of the Health Care System (Part 1 of 2)," January 3, 2007.
did you know?
Emergency rooms are by far the most expensive means of routine care. The cost of medical care for treating a patient with strep throat is $91at a doctor's office and $72 at a retail clinic, but $328 in an emergency room, according to a study by Health Partners conducted in 2005.