Mig, Why do you think that small businesses will have to close? And if these elected officials risked re-election by voting with their conscience, isn't that to be admired? Isn't that what we always complain about, that the politicians are so concerned with staying in office that they won't vote for something that would help people?
In part Babe, the answer to your question is that, unlike myself and maybe a few other Board members, who has read the Bill that passed the House last night or the one that passed the Senate last December? Who has even read a summary of those bills? If they had, they would know that most of the provisions of the bill don't become effective until 2014 and that employers with less than 50 (and in some cases 100)employees are exempt from any provisions regarding health insurance coverage. Ignorance can be bliss, but in more cases than not, it is damaging.
