Maryland Health Connection for Small Business

Small Business Health Options (SHOP) helps small businesses and nonprofit organizations:

• Provide health and dental insurance coverage to their employees. 
• Businesses can sign up at any time of the year. 
• SHOP for Small Business also is the only place where small businesses may qualify for a federal tax credit to lower the cost of coverage for their employees.

If you’re looking for a way to retain better and reward your talent, look no further than offering a Simple or SEP Individual Retirement Account (IRA):

• Dividend-building options additionally supplement retirement income.
• Offers both you and your employee benefits. 
• A tax deduction for you the Business Owner.

Offering your employees a retirement benefit can help keep the talent you’ve worked hard to recruit.

Everyone wants to live a happy, healthy life. employers, show you care by:

• Helping to protect employees from the cost of hospital expenses.
• Help employees focus on recovering from a critical illness instead of their finances.
• Help employees focus on recovering from an injury and not medical bills.