Access to Capital Accessing capital is the central issue that remains a top challenge for women entrepreneurs at every stage of business development. We Inc. 's primary focus will be directed toward the tax system -- how it hinders capital formation and diverts scarce resources into unproductive activity. We Inc. will conduct capital market outreach and educate the venture capital community about the extraordinary success of women entrepreneurs, thus increasing their potential and capability to secure growth capital. Select 04/27/2004 - SBA Lending Improves to Women-Owned Businesses 01/24/2003 - Snowe Joins Bill to Provide Second Boost for Small Business Loans; Offers Potentital $10 Billion Investment 09/16/2002 - Critical Issue For Women Entrepreneurs Access to Affordable & Quality Health Care The future of America's health care system hinges upon competition and innovation. Accountability rests with price sensitivity, competition and consumer command. Medical Savings Accounts (MSAs), tax credits and other reforms (Individual Management Accounts and the range of innovative defined benefits packages now coming to market) give consumer and patients more control of health care, bring down costs and help to make the system more responsive. Select 04/30/2004 - Good News 04/26/2004 - Reality Health Policy 01/16/2004 - What will Group Health Insurance Look Like in 2010? 09/15/2003 - WE Inc. supports health equity for self-employed women 08/18/2003 - Fantasyland 06/19/2003 - House Passes AHP legislation to Give Uninsured Americans Access to Affordable Health Care 06/03/2003 - Congress Can Help Uninsured by Expanding Medical Savings Accounts 05/27/2003 - Taming health insurance costs key to economic recovery 04/25/2003 - Lose-Lose-Lose 02/11/2003 - New Bill Will Give Fair Care To Uninsured Workers 02/07/2003 - Medicare Muddle 01/16/2003 - Women Entrepreneurs Invited to: America Talks Health Care January 23 01/10/2003 - Texas-Sized Ideas 12/20/2002 - Consequential Decisions 12/06/2002 - Health Policy Matters 10/09/2002 - Democrat House Members Urge Speaker Hastert to Enact AHP's (pdf) 10/04/2002 - Small business hit hardest in losing health coverage 09/16/2002 - Healing What Ails the Nation's Health Care System Access to Technology and Technological Innovation The unprecedented growth of women business ownership parallels America's technological revolution. We Inc. will closely follow technology trends and advocate solutions that continue to allow this sector to flourish and innovate. Efforts will focus on modernizing government policy that inhibits women entrepreneurs from fully tapping into the power of technology in order to remain competitive in the global marketplace, and in addressing workforce solutions. Select 09/11/2003 - Taking away our business options? Access to Global Markets Increasingly, women entrepreneurs are looking to overseas markets to expand and grow their businesses. We Inc. will direct its members to resources both in and outside of government to help them in their pursuit of global markets. We Inc. will strongly weigh in on trade issues that serve to bring down barriers to trade and increase market opportunities throughout the world for women entrepreneurs. Select 10/01/2002 - Watch the Women Entrepreneurs (pdf) 09/16/2002 - Trade Empowers Women Entrepreneurs 09/16/2002 - Trade essential to the future of Afghanistan and Afghan women Access to Government Contracts Select 05/12/2004 - National Women's Business Center Joins Ivy Planning Group In Saluting NASA For Its Commitment to Small Business 04/06/2004 - SNOWE URGES TIGHTER MONITORING WITHIN PROCUREMENT OFFICE & AGENCIES TO BOOST SMALL BIZ CONTRACTING 10/29/2003 - SNOWE APPLAUDS HOMELAND SECURITY DEPARTMENT's PROGRAM TO ENCOURAGE SMALL BUSINESS PROCUREMENT 06/30/2003 - Can Small Business Compete With Government for Commercial Work? 05/27/2003 - DOD Women's Caucus letter on the Joint Strike Fighter contract. 02/26/2003 - Women's History Month 02/03/2003 - New Study Confirms Disparity in Federal Subcontracting for Women-Owned Businesses - Firms' Capability Disproved as an Argument for Under-Representation