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Self Employment Tips For Lowering Your Health Care Costs
By Dominic Messina

THE BAD NEWS If you're one or the growing ranks of Americans who are self employed, you know how expensive it is to get comprehensive health care coverage. Oh sure, it's available... just not at the same price that large businesses pay as they qualify for group rates.

Worse yet, the premiums which small businesses (less than 200 employees) have for heath insurance coverage is increasing at twice the rate that it's increasing for large (500+) employees according to William M. Mercer Inc. (http://www.wmmercer.com), [http://www.wmmercer.com),] a consulting firm specializing in employee benefits. Not surprisingly, an estimated 40 percent of small-business owners do without in...
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