The President's plan recognizes that small businesses are going to have a tough time paying the premiums and offer subsidies. How does the gentlelady from Connecticut rationalize supporting a plan that will not offer subsidies to Connecticut's small businesses because there isn't any small business in Connecticut that has an average wage of $12,000 so we are cut out of the 3.5-percent premium subsidy category?
Questioning the impact of the President's plan on small businesses in Connecticut.
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