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<onlyinclude>One of the most highly publicized important criticisms of the Patient Protection and [[Affordable Care Act]] by the media and the bill’s adversaries is concerned with this idea that “Obamacare” will kill [[Small Business]]. While the ACA is indeed not entirely benign for can and will negatively impact some small businesses, the actual harm of Obamacare regulations and mandates to small businesses, however, depends entirely on what we consider is considered a small business, as the . The effect of Obamacare on small businesses varies vastly between firms with differences of different composition and size in within their workforces (i.e. number of full time employees, average wages, state where the business is operated). While the cost of providing health care insurance has assuredly risen, there is evidence that health insurance premiums have been on the rise for many years [http://obamacarefacts.com/obamacare-small-business/]. The most obvious tangible and visible effect of Obamacare on small businesses is not necessarily seen in abandonment of plans to grow a business or death of businesses themselves, but, rather, in a the slowing or decrease in hiring of employees and cutting of employee hours. </onlyinclude>