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About the Florida Main Street Alliance
The Florida Main Street Alliance began outreach to local small business owners in the spring of 2009. Our initial focus for outreach is in Tampa-St. Pete and surrounding areas.
The goal of the Alliance is to create opportunities for small business owners to speak for themselves about health care and how to fix it. We’re part of a growing network of small business coalitions in a dozen states around the country.
The Florida Main Street Alliance’s Principles:
The “4 C’s” of Health Care
Affordable Costs. It’s not right that mall businesses pay more for less in health care. We need affordable, predictable costs we can plan and budget for. And we need to level the playing field so small businesses can compete with large corporations that currently can offer better benefits for less.
Guaranteed Coverage. Everyone should have good health coverage, whether you run a small business or a Fortune 500 company. You shouldn’t have to give up your health care to start a new business or change jobs.
Shared Commitment. We can make health care work if everyone pitches in. As small business owners, we’re willing to contribute, but we can’t go it alone. It’s got to be a commitment shared with government and employees.
Real Choices. Everyone should have a choice between private and public health insurance plans. If you like what you’ve got, you should have the choice to keep it. For small businesses that don’t have real choices now, offer the choice of a public health insurance plan. This would give us some leverage, encourage competition among insurers to drive down costs, and provide a guaranteed backup.
General inquiries: kris@mainstreetalliance.org