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Health care costs forcing up cost of goods, services: Poll

Posted On: Oct. 28, 2022 10:01 AM CST

Forty-one percent of small business owners said the rising cost of health insurance has caused them to increase prices of goods and services, according to a survey from lobbying firm Small Business for America's Future, reports Becker’s Payer Issues. Ninety-five percent of small-business owners said they have seen the cost of health insurance increase over the past four years, and 56% estimate the yearly increase of their health care costs is 10% or higher, the survey found.