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One Thing Small Businesses Don't Need: ACA Repeal

"The reality is the ACA has been instrumental in helping small employers and their employees who struggled previously to afford health insurance coverage. Prior to the enactment of the health care law, small businesses and their employees comprised a disproportionate share of the working uninsured.... By 2016, however, the insurance landscape for small employers had undergone a dramatic shift.... And thanks to the health care law's cost-containment provisions, premiums are stabilizing for many small firms. We've seen much smaller increases in the small group market compared to pre-ACA, where double-digit increases were often the norm."

Despite What You've Read, Many Small Businesses Support Obamacare

"While most small business owners agree there are portions of the ACA that can and should be improved, polling shows that a majority of small businesses actually prefer the current law over the GOP replacement plan, and that key provisions of the ACA are helping entrepreneurs succeed."