A progressive group calling itself the Small Business Majority brought entrepreneurs to Washington this week in support of a public health insurance option. That’s a message that contradicts many other organizations representing small business.
Nashvillian Molly Secours was there. The self-employed activist presented herself as an example of how the status quo hurts entrepreneurs.
Secours is a writer and filmmaker. She says doctors diagnosed her with uterine cancer two years ago and says she’s still dealing with the debt.
“Almost as excruciating as the chemo cocktail was…when the bills started pouring in. And I had a box full of bills. And I was spending my time while I was trying to recover worrying about how I was going to pay these bills.”
She was in Washington as part of a coordinated effort by groups pushing for Democratic led health-care reform plans.
But other groups like the National Federation of Independent Business worry the bill will end up hurting the economy. The House could vote on the issue as early as this week.
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