Self-employed people will see a 15.3% reduction in their self-employment tax because of a change in federal tax law.

The Internal Revenue Service is permitting for the first time self-employed people to deduct their Medicare Part B health insurance premiums.

Standing before a room of Republican leaders, President Barack Obama urged progress over politics on a number of issues facing Americans, including health care reform.

UnitedHealthcare’s Golden Rule Insurance Co. has teamed with the National Association for the Self-Employed (NASE) to offer personal health insurance choices to its membership of entrepreneurs, micro-business owners and other self-employed businesspeople.