Utah Small Business Owners Join 100 Others in DC to Talk Healthcare Reform at Capitol, White House

Washington DC, Nov. 2, 2009: Three Utah small business owners will join a group of more than 100 other small business owners in Washington, DC, on Nov. 3, where they will spend the day speaking about small businesses need for healthcare reform with their Congressional representatives on Capitol Hill, and with US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius at the White House. Betsy Burton, owner of King's English Bookstore in Salt Lake City, Dulci Beaslin, owner of Nail Jazz in Holladay and Scott Baker, president of the Murray Chamber of Commerce, will accompany other small business owners from 24 states to DC. They will start the day on Capitol Hill meeting with their representatives, and cap it off with a visit to the White House, where Sebelius will brief them on healthcare. Our elected officials need to hear that it's essential to small businesses that our broken healthcare system is fixed now, said Betsy Burton, who is absorbing double digit increases every year on her employees healthcare premiums. I've had employees working for me for decades; not providing them with healthcare just isn't an option. But costs are out of control. I want to look into my elected officials eyes and tell them how badly we need reform. This small business Day in DC is sponsored by: American Booksellers Association, American Independent Business Alliance (AMIBA), Business Forward, Consumers Union, Employee Benefits Cooperative (AEBC), Main Street Alliance, National Council of Asian American Businesses, National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce, New Voice of Business, Massachusetts Fishermen's Partnership, Small Business Majority, U.S. Public Interest Research Group.