Announcement: America’s Small Businesses Abandon Health Insurance as Costs Spiral

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Prof. Giorgi Pkhakadze, MD, MPH, PhD
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Empty healthcare insurance documents symbolizing coverage gap and small business health system collapse
Employer-sponsored health insurance in the United States is experiencing structural collapse as small businesses abandon coverage due to unsustainable costs, according to STAT News investigation. The trend threatens millions of workers and exposes fundamental vulnerabilities in the American healthcare financing model. — Photo by Leeloo The First on Pexels (Pexels License)

America's employer-based health insurance is collapsing. STAT News investigation reveals why small businesses are abandoning coverage—and what it means for millions of workers facing coverage gaps, delayed care, and financial hardship. A system redesign may be inevitable.

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MD, MPH, PhD. Editor-in-Chief, Georgian Medical Journal (GMJ). Professor and Head, School of Public Health, David Tvildiani Medical University (DTMU), Tbilisi, Georgia. Chair, Public Health Institute of Georgia (PHIG). President, Accréditation Sans Frontières (ASF), Paris. Secretary/Treasurer, UEMS Section of Public Health. WHO Consultant, Health and Migration, Geneva. Former Member, UN Secretary-General's Independent Accountability Panel for Every Woman, Every Child, Every Adolescent (IAP-EWEC, 2016–2021). ORCID: 0000-0001-7609-4515.

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