Jody Hall, owner WS Cupcake Royale, in DC, advocating for health care reforms; awesome!!!
“We have 51 employees here at Cupcake Royale, and as a company, we spend almost as much on insurance as we do on rent for all three stores. That’s pretty nutty. And if things don’t change, it’ll only get worse. Insurance rates continue to climb, (ours just spiked 40% – neat!) and small business owners are being forced to purchase plans with inadequate coverage, or to drop their policies completely, adding to the millions of already uninsured and underinsured Americans. Those who continue to fork it over to private insurance companies are giving out a good chunk of dough in some pretty tough financial times. Clearly, none of this is good for anyone.”
see posts and great photo on Jody’s blog:
http://blog.seattlepi.nwsource.com/seattlepolitics/archives/167183.asp
http://legalizefrostitution.blogspot.com/2009/04/health-care-white-house-jody-hall.html