Small-business owners applaud changes in health care

Along with tax credits created by the new law, a new state program that's federally funded will make it possible to insure low-wage employees.

By Carol M. Ostrom

Seattle Times health reporter

Some people grouse about health costs and wonder why the federal health overhaul hasn't offered much relief, but Frank Albanese, owner of Local Color cafe in Pike Place Market, isn't one of them.

Along with tax credits created by the new law, a new state program that's federally funded will make it possible for him to insure his low-wage employees for the first time since he opened the cafe seven years ago.

Now, Albanese said, insuring employees is not only affordable, it's doable — and "doable means we're going to do it."
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