John Boehner told Chuck Todd on Sunday that if you ask any employer in America, they will tell you Obamacare has made it more difficult to hire employees. What a complete crock! I own a small business with 9 employees. Prior to last year I paid 50% of my full time employees health insurance. When I looked at our options for 2014, with the help of my longtime insurance agent (who is compensated thru KYNect, Kentucky's state exchange) we compared continuing with our existing plan (which carried a 20% increase due to a staff member with high medical expenses and our having a small group) going with a company sponsored plan through KYNect or individual plans. What we found was that my employees with modest incomes could get a more comprehensive plan through KYNect for less than if they were paying 50% of our existing plan! Since I no longer had the expense of paying 50% of their basic health coverage, I took the money saved to provide fully paid life, short and long term disability, dental and vision coverage and still ended up paying 30% less than I had previously. Bottom line: my employees have far more comprehensive coverage at a lower cost and my company is saving money as well. And the money my employees are saving? They are spending it at other local businesses boosting the overall economy.