Small business owners need the PTCs to keep running our businesses so it’s very troubling that Congress let them expire. Entrepreneurs like us will be forced to choose between our dream of entrepreneurship and the ability to access health coverage.
Small Business News
12/18/2025 |
The Washington Post
“Small businesses have smaller margins, less cash and less access to capital. They have struggled to provide health coverage,” said John Arensmeyer, the founder and chief executive of Small Business Majority, a group that advocates for small businesses. “For them, the ACA has been a tremendous benefit.”
12/18/2025 |
Vail Daily
Policy solutions are equally critical. A Small Business Majority poll found that 75% of small business owners support public investments in child care to ensure working parents have affordable, high-quality options.
12/18/2025 |
CBS News
"It's the end of the year and my employees are expecting some kind of raise, but I don't know how much I can give them because I don't know what kind of impact the tariffs are going to continue to have on me," Modlin told CBS News.
12/16/2025 |
Copperas Cove Leadership Press
Small Business Majority is a national organization that connects entrepreneurs with resources and policy updates that support small business success. By joining the network, you can learn about grants, financing options and other programs tailored to small business needs. It is best for small business owners who want to stay informed and connect with peers working to strengthen the small business economy.
12/15/2025 |
Wealth Update
Small Business Majority is a small business organization that engages with more than 85,000 small businesses to advocate for public policy solutions. And it conducts a quarterly survey called “Voice of Main Street.” In the most recent edition of this survey, a whopping 81% of respondents said they are concerned about the impact of tariffs on their business.
12/14/2025 |
Longmont Times-Call
The PTCs are essential for both small business health-care providers and their customers. It’s extremely disappointing that Congress failed to act, making it much more difficult for small businesses like mine to serve our communities.
12/12/2025 |
Indian Country Today
Small businesses are starting to feel a decline in usual holiday sales, said a representative from the Small Business Majority, a United States advocacy group for small businesses.
12/10/2025 |
DC Journal
Without the EPTC, I might have to abandon freelancing just to take a job with health care. But in the land of the free, Americans shouldn’t be constrained by “golden handcuffs,” and no one should be locked into a job to access a necessity like health insurance. For the benefit of millions of small business owners and freelancers nationwide, Congress must immediately extend the EPTC before it’s too late for a whole segment of our economy
12/09/2025 |
Marketplace
One potential explanation comes from John Arensmeyer, CEO of Small Business Majority: “If you're crazy enough to start and run a small business, you are by definition a very optimistic person,” he said. His company did its own survey of small businesses, too. “What is different from the past is that the optimism and pessimism numbers are very close,” he said. He said small businesses have been challenged by tariffs, increasing health care costs, and immigration operations