$40 billion
Small-business savings via tax credits, by 2019, from the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act of 2010
Congressional Budget Office
96%
Percentage of U.S. businesses with fewer than 50 employees and exemption from the law’s coverage requirement
Bloomberg Business Week
$4,717
Average annual premium for a single policy in companies with 3 to 199 employees
Kaiser Family Foundation
14.5%/18.3%
Unionization rates in the construction industry, 2009 and 2000, respectively
Bureau of Labor Statistics