Obama insists health care overall would create jobs by making small business startups more affordable in weekly address Saturday.Click above to watch. REMARKS: Read them here.

Obama: Small Businesses Need Health Care Reform In this weekend's YouTube address, President Obama pitched the Democratic health care proposals as being good for small businesses: "Altogether, they create roughly half of all new jobs. And right now, they are...

It's really very simple. Real health care reform must happen now because our economy can't take much more, small business can't take much more and our deficits can't take much more. From this week's Presidential Youtube-Radio Address (via the White House): The President discusses ongoing efforts to spur job creation. He also explains why health insurance reform is needed not just for long-term economic stability, but in the immediate future, discussing statistics on how costs will continue to skyrocket and hurt small businesses even next year. October 3, 2009. Full Transcript... var addthis_pub="thejoshuablog";

In this week’s address, President Barack Obama spoke of how the rising costs of health care are stifling America’s small businesses, and how reform will strengthen these businesses and the economy. Small businesses create roughly half of all new jobs, but they also pay up to 18 percent more for the very same insurance plans as larger businesses. Too many have been forced to cut benefits, drop coverage, shed jobs, or shut their doors entirely. Health insurance reform is integral to laying a new foundation for our economy so that small businesses can grow and create new jobs.Watch It:Full Transcript of the President's Remarks Below: