Julia Jamieson's blog

For small business owners who work long days and late nights, life would be easier if shopping for health care plans were as simple as shopping online. Growing and maintaining a successful business is time consuming, but thankfully these backbones of our local economies are about to catch a break: a way to save precious time and money on one of their largest expenses – health insurance for their employees.

The word on the street is the recession is behind us, but times are still tough. The economy is stagnant and businesses of all sizes are still trying to weather the economic storm that forced many to close their doors and left countless workers unemployed. For these reasons, every other word out of politicians’ mouths is “jobs,” and how we can protect them and create more. Unfortunately, the rhetoric has reached a fever pitch and “job killing” labels are put on everything from tax cuts to sensible standards that protect our communities and us.