APIAHF
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Health Brief
Topics:
Health care reform
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English
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Small businesses are far less likely to provide health insurance for their workers than larger businesses, because for higher health care costs. Small businesses pay almost 20 percent more per worker than large firms for the same health insurance policy. Many of these higher costs are passed on to employees in the form of lower wages, and affect the profits of small businesses.