The National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) released data in June from its national survey measuring the impact of rising healthcare costs on microbusinesses and the self-employed. Among the survey findings, of the more than 46 percent of responding businesses offering health insurance, only 18.6 percent offer coverage for full-time employees--a significant decline from 2005, when 46.2 percent reported covering full-time employees.
The survey of nearly 4,000 microbusinesses, a follow-up to research conducted in 2005, shows that high cost continues to be the most significant barrier to offering health insurance and that small businesses strongly feel they are at a disadvantage compared with their larger counterparts when it comes to access to coverage. Access the report.
