Governor Abbott proclaimed last week, May 9-15, as Small Business Week in Texas, a fitting designation considering that small businesses make up more than 99 percent of businesses in the state and employ millions of Texans.
As we celebrate Texas entrepreneurship and our business-friendly environment, we should also take note of a threat that can keep small businesses, and Texas as a whole, from thriving: the increasing cost of health insurance from increased mandates.
In a recent survey, small business owners in Texas ranked the cost of health insurance as their single biggest problem, and the COVID-19 crisis has only accelerated the ...