Objects in Mirror: December 23, 2009 Archive

Find out how health care reform affects small business

Posted at 8:45 AM on December 23, 2009 by Julia Schrenkler

Courtesy News Cut, a pick & click series of questions (and answers) about the effect of health care reform on small business:

If you own a small business or work for one, the health care reform bills have some key provisions to pay attention to. The major ones include: tax credits; excise taxes; and penalties. But whether your business will be affected by them depends on a variety of factors; a business' average annual wages, for example. Let's walk through some steps to find out how your business might fair under the two reform bills.

Start here with the interactive piece online, or spend some time with Elizabeth Stawicki's coverage:

* The health care overhaul's effects on one Twin Cities small business
* Health care reforms's effects on a Twin Cities clinic