Bush Backs 4A's on Health Insurance

A top official at the American Association of Advertising Agencies met with President Bush last week to discuss a bill that would allow small-to-midsize shops to get health insurance through their business associations.

The issue is key for smaller agencies as they face escalating premiums, said Dick O’Brien, 4A’s evp in Washington, who was among some 100 small-business owners and experts at the Wednesday meeting. “Something as mundane as health insurance has slowed down the entrepreneurial juice that lets people open their own agencies,” he said.