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‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses

MAR 12, 202621 MIN
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‘It Sucks’: Spiking Health Insurance Costs Hit Small Businesses

MAR 12, 202621 MIN

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<p>An employer in Chicago describes how another year of rising premiums forced her to consider dropping her workers’ insurance.</p><br><p>Guest:</p><p><a href="https://www.rachelberniergreen.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Rachel Bernier-Green</a>, Founder and CEO, EJ Consortium</p><br><p>Learn more and read a full transcript on <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2026/03/12/it-sucks-spiking-health-insurance-costs-hit-small-businesses/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">our website</a>.</p><br><p>Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our free <a href="https://tradeoffs.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ab1fc39a0b1b15521551487c&amp;id=89c5edcb93&amp;utm_source=twitter-newsletter-signup&amp;utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">weekly newsletter</a> featuring the latest health policy research and news.</p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today, <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">with a gift</a>.</p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>