Word: concern
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...seasoned plaintiffs' lawyers that is suing seven of the nation's largest HMOs. The lawsuits, which were recently combined before a single federal judge in Miami, allege that the HMOs engage in what Scruggs calls "garden-variety consumer fraud." He argues that HMOs routinely recruit customers by touting their concern for patient health but run their businesses in ways that put cost cutting ahead of optimal care. "What's personally most offensive to me is that the HMOs are creating a fundamental conflict of interest for doctors between their wallets and their duty to their patients," he says...
Herrera: My biggest concern is taxes. After 10 years of building my business, I'm finally at the point that I'm making some profit. But guess what? I have to go and get a loan to pay my taxes. Maybe I should have done more advance planning, but still, there has to be something that helps small businesses with this dilemma...
Suzenaar: I think it's an immediate concern, because to be competitive you have to provide health-care benefits even though you run a small company. And it's tough. I had an experience two years ago that demonstrates the point. One of our employees had a terminal illness and became eligible for insurance. But after the paperwork was submitted, we were advised by our insurance broker that the premiums might go up more than 300%. Obviously, such an increase could break a small company like mine...
Next topic: minimum wage. Is this a concern to anyone here...
Looking back over the past decade, do you think any issues of concern for small business have been solved...