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BY Colleen DeBaise
With the U.S. spending $3 trillion on health care per year, the race is on to improve an inefficient system. We ask entrepreneurs at Blueprint Health accelerator to share their best tips for starting up.
Survey: Fewer Small Businesses Expect to Hire or Grow
BY Cheryl Winokur Munk
A new report by U.S. Bank cites economic uncertainty as a top challenge for business owners when considering the future of their companies.
Play Video In Health-Care Space, Startups Tackle Big Problems (Video)
BY Colleen DeBaise
These companies, based at the accelerator Blueprint Health in New York, aim to use technological innovation to change the health-care system.
Health Care Is Now the Top Concern for Small Businesses
BY Cheryl Winokur Munk
For the first time in two years, health care trumps the economy as the biggest issue that small-business owners are worried about, according to a new report.
Play Video Health-Tech Startups Ride Digital Wave (Video)
BY Colleen DeBaise
We take a look at this fast-growing sector that's changing the way the healthcare system works.
Some Small Businesses See Obamacare as Welcome Relief
BY Dinah Wisenberg Brin
The NFIB famously opposed the Affordable Care Act, but some groups say it could help entrepreneurs and their employees.
White House to Delay Health-Care Marketplace Options for Small Businesses
BY Catherine Clifford
The Obama Administration has proposed a change in the deadline for states to have multiple health-insurance exchange options available for small-business owners.
Small-Business Owners Still Confused About Health-Care Reform
BY Catherine Clifford
A survey released Thursday shows entrepreneurs are struggling to understand how they need to prepare for Obamacare and are afraid of what it will cost.
Health-Tech Incubators See Influx of Startups
BY Arlene Weintraub
A look at how incubators are affected by the new health-care law, often referred to as Obamacare, which provides financial incentives to providers that embrace technology.
Health-Care Reform Creates Boon for Tech Startups
BY Arlene Weintraub
Health-care reform has spawned a plethora of business opportunities for both startups and existing companies.
Small Businesses Continue to Air -- and Vent -- Obamacare Opinions
BY Dinah Wisenberg Brin
House Small Business Committee shares sometimes heated comments from entrepreneurs on the changes employers may be facing under the law.
New Crowdfunding Sites Boost Health Startups
BY Arlene Weintraub
Crowdfunding is catching fire in health care, partly because of the growing collection of sites that offer services to entrepreneurs inventing new products for patients, physicians and other medical providers.
Need to Vent About Obamacare? Try These Portals
BY Dinah Wisenberg Brin
Entrepreneurs can sound off about the Affordable Care Act or any number on regulations at these government sites.
Obamacare Made Simple, Courtesy of SBA
BY Catherine Clifford
The Small Business Administration is offering help on navigating the new health-care reform requirements.
Obamacare 101: How Business Owners Can Prepare in 2013
BY Dinah Wisenberg Brin
We look at what the new health law requires, and how businesses can prepare for new rules, shop exchanges and avoid penalties.
Obama: American 'Initiative and Enterprise' Are Key to Future
BY Brian Patrick Eha
In President Obama's second inaugural address, he praised a national character of "hard work and personal responsibility."
What Obamacare Means for Your Business (Infographic)
BY Kathleen Davis
The Affordable Care Act stands to have a big impact on small businesses in the next few years. Here's what it will mean to your employees and your bottom line.
2013's Entrepreneurial Women to Watch
BY Entrepreneur Staff
Our first annual list of seven of the most innovative woman leaders from technology to retail to health and more.
Entrepreneurial Doctor Takes the Sting Out of Shots
BY Gwen Moran
An entrepreneurial doc sets aside her own jitters to help quell the fears of others
Shelly Sun on the Burden of Health Care (Opinion)
BY Shelly Sun
No matter who wins in November, our next president must work to get small-business health-care costs under control, writes Shelly Sun, co-founder of the BrightStar Care franchise.
New Site Accuses NFIB of Political Partisanship
BY Catherine Clifford
The Center for Media and Democracy launches www.NFIBexposed.org, claiming the small-business trade group leans right and supports big-business causes.
How 'Obamacare' Impacts Young Entrepreneurs
BY Eric Shapiro
Just because your startup already offers employee-health insurance, doesn't mean you should ignore the new health-care law. Here, we parse the law's particulars that matter to young treps.
Spotlight: Acucela's Ryo Kubota, Entrepreneur of 2012 Finalist
BY Jane Porter
Ryo Kubora performed nearly a thousand eye surgeries and discovered the gene that causes glaucoma, before starting his biotech company, Acucela. His innovation in the field of eye diseases makes him a finalist for Entrepreneur of 2012.



