So, if business is down, do you mean to tell me that keeping people on and paying them wages/ and health insurance, didn’t trim your budget significantly. Like most companies who trim down their work force, they manage to eventually profit from less overhead, working their spared employees to death. Sorry, it doesn’t add up e.g.., you lay off five employees - you now pay five less salaries and five fewer health insurance policies. but you gain 35% of their health policies since government will reimburse you for. Sounds like you came out ahead. You are a business man/woman - you worked the margins, so you definitely have some padding.

The Government Cobra policy is a life line for the unemployed, about , 20% in CA, counting the underemployed and those not on the unempoyment payroll. With an unemployment check of $1900.00 - speaking for my family, and a Cobra family plan for $1810 - there is not much left over - zero safety net.

I am having trouble feeling sorry for you about your paperwork. And the delay? How about using your credit line? or did the banks raise it, or increase your interest rate, after we, the tax payers, bailed them out. Be careful where you shoot arrows.

Signed Anonymous

Undoubtedly you are a successful business owner and have a great attitude toward your employees. Or you are probably one of the 25% in this country who believe your employer owes you something. Get a grip - cash flow is everything, without it any business is failed before it starts. Take a business class and grow up!

BTW I hope some time in my career you interview at one of my businesses. It will be apparent who you are.

I am tired of hearing the sob stories of businesses. The primary reason websites are not be over whelmed by sob stories of the unemployed is because they cannot afford the internet! Is there no compassion for the unemployed that they have to listen to the grippings of big or small business about the inconvience of doing paper work and/or waiting on a refund check from the government?

If your business fails, its because of your attitude! Give a hand and you will receive a hand!

I love it when I strike a nerve! I agree that the individuals who have lost their jobs have a lot to deal with and I think it’s horrible what is happening to industries and jobs around the country. But here are my top complaints about this provision:

1) It’s easy to get the calculations wrong if you do it on your own so businesses will pay additional fees to have someone else do the paperwork and math.
2) For a small business that has had a massive reduction in force, paying for 65% of the premiums could be a net expense, until the government pays them back. For cash-strapped business, this could be another kiss of death.
3) This stimulus plan was supposed to help business, not add work and expense.

Perhaps I am being naive. Someone has to administer elements of the stimulus and perhaps we all have to share in the burden. And yes, the well run business like mine will probably easily absorb any additional administrative burdens, but then again, I’m also not dealing with layoffs.

Second, you are being REIMBURSED. This is not a tab you are paying for. The government is picking up the tab. So stop complaining. You are a business. Administration is at the heart of all busines operations. Administration is a large part of all businesses. Please… stop complaining about what you are supposed to do. Or close your business, my friend. If you are not covering the administrative aspects of your business, then you really are not running your business as effectively as you can.

The Governmet never thinks about how to implement and administer its new “rules.” Go post..and thanks for the mention!