Media Advisory
Report Shows California Small Business Owners Eager for Healthcare Reform
Polling Data Showing California Small Business Owners Opinions on Healthcare Reform will be Released at a Press Conference at 11 am on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009.
WHAT: Research showing the majority of California small business owners believe healthcare reform is necessary and important to getting the economy back on track will be released at a telephone press conference on Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 at 11 am.
Seven hundred randomly selected small business owners in California, one of 15 states polled in the last six months, overwhelmingly indicate that affordability is the barrier to providing health insurance, and view the lack of access to high-quality, affordable healthcare as a significant barrier to entrepreneurship. Of the 700 respondents, 100 were Latino small business owners and 100 were rural small business people. The findings include small business owners opinions on preexisting conditions, an insurance exchange and employer contributions to employee health benefits.
WHO: John Arensmeyer, Founder and CEO, Small Business Majority Liz Parker, Owner, Tulsa Rib Company (Orange) Casey Coonerty-Protti, Owner, Bookshop Santa Cruz (Santa Cruz) Kevin Goss, Owner, Village Drug Company (Greenville) Scott Hauge, President, Small Business California
WHEN: 11 am on Tuesday, Sept. 1
WHERE: CALL IN: Toll Free: 888-378-4353; Toll: 719-457-2658; PASSCODE: 5727684
Small Business Majority conducts extensive scientific polling and research to determine small business owners perspectives on healthcare reform and brings a nonpartisan voice to policy discussions nationwide. Based in Sausalito, CA with offices in Washington, DC and New York City, the organization works with small business owners, healthcare policy experts and elected officials nationwide.