Robb Mandelbaum
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Past articles by Robb:
Where Pot Entrepreneurs Go When the Banks Just Say No
As the legal markets for marijuana spread, a small credit union is solving a big problem: what to do with all the cash. → Read More
Answering the Hard Questions on the A.C.A.: Does the Employer Mandate Apply to Your Business?
The employer mandate was supposed to take effect at the beginning of this year. → Read More
Are More Companies Offering Health Insurance? For an Answer, Look to Massachusetts
After the Massachusetts health insurance overhaul, there was an increase in the percentage of businesses offering their employees coverage. → Read More
Small Businesses Are Finding Bank Loans Easier to Come By
Some small-business owners don’t think they can qualify for a loan. But they would be surprised by how eager some banks are to lend. → Read More
States Choose to Defer Employee Choice for Health Plans
Longtime backers of the Affordable Care Act said that the government was too generous in granting delays to the states. → Read More
Risking a Health Insurance Strategy the I.R.S. May Not Approve - NYTimes.com
When it came time to renew his company’s health plan last fall, Jerry Eledge found himself in a bind that many small-business owners know all too well. On one hand, “it’s kind of a moral obligation” to offer insurance, said Mr. Eledge, who runs Community Quick Care, a growing chain of primary health care clinics in the Nashville area. And yet, premiums for his existing plan were going up 20 percent,… → Read More
When Amazon Collects Sales Tax, Some Shoppers Head Elsewhere
Research shows that many of these consumers are going to Amazon’s online competitors to spend their money. → Read More
The Problem With Giving Employees a Stipend to Buy Health Insurance
If an employer pays each worker the same amount of money to cover health insurance premiums, older employees will have to pay a larger share of their premiums than their younger colleagues. Is that legal? → Read More
What Limiting the Employer Mandate Would Mean for Small Businesses
One interesting aspect of the bill that passed the House is that both its advocates and opponents seem to overstate its potential effects. → Read More
It's Official: No Deductible Caps in Small-Business Health Plans
The legislative fix may allow small-business owners to shift some of their health care costs to their workers. → Read More
Ezekiel Emanuel Further Explains His Prediction That Employers Will Drop Health Insurance
“Look,” said Dr. Emanuel, “we talked to a lot of business owners. We talked to lots of consultants who deal with businesses.” → Read More
Merchants Disappointed by Court Ruling on Debit Swipe Fees
The ruling sided with the Federal Reserve, whose regulations reduced transaction fees for most retailers — but not as much as they were hoping. → Read More
Why Employers Will Stop Offering Health Insurance
Dr. Ezekiel J. Emanuel makes the case that freeing employers from the burdens of providing health insurance is a good thing. → Read More
The I.R.S.'s Final Mandate Reporting Rules? Still Complicated
The final regulations have been released, and business groups are complaining that the only streamlining the I.R.S. appears to have achieved is for itself. → Read More
Study Indicates That Bill Redefining Full-Time Employment Would Have Costs
The Save American Workers Act would move the definition of full-time employment to 40 hours and require businesses to provide health insurance to fewer workers. → Read More
Why Most Small-Business Owners Will See Premiums Rise Under A.C.A.
But how significant will those increases be? → Read More
There Is a Salary Gap Even When Women Pay Themselves
Female entrepreneurs went into the Goldman Sachs 10,000 Small Businesses program with average salaries that were 80 percent those of their male counterparts. → Read More
Assessing Who Benefits From the Latest Rulings on the Employer Mandate
While most business interests were opposed to any form of a mandate, many trade groups were generally pleased with the final regulations. → Read More
A Hotelier Corrects His Testimony on the Impact of the Affordable Care Act
In his initial testimony, Peter Anastos said that his company would make sure that its new hires worked fewer than 30 hours a week so that they would not qualify for health insurance. → Read More
An Employer Tells Congress the Health Care Mandate Could Triple His Costs
The issue, as the Republicans and their witnesses at the hearing they convened see it, is that the law defines full-time employment as working 30 hours a week, rather than 40. → Read More