So the House voted for a minimum wage increase.  Big whoop.  Just over 2 percent of workers in the US make minimum wage anyway, half of those are under 25.   Besides, much of the increase if it gets through is going to be eaten up by payroll taxation (which needs to be abolished entirely), and all the increase is doing is barely even catching up to inflation.  It’ll be worth $5.15 before you know it.
However, in the discussion of it, something peculiar popped up:

Senate Democratic leaders have already signaled they will accept changes designed to shield small businesses from adverse consequences of higher labor costs.

“This bill increases costs for mom-and-pop businesses,” said Steve Chabot, R-Ohio, contending the legislation doesn’t do anything to help offset that burden.

Many businesses want the pot sweetened, perhaps by faster depreciation or other tax breaks or letting small businesses band together to buy health insurance for their workers. (emphasis mine)

Hidden among the typical nibble-round-the-edges stuff, the part in bold actually makes sense right NOW.  Matter of fact, it should go even further: allow individuals to band together to group-buy health insurance w/o having to be attached to their employer at all.    Part of the reason that healthcare has shot up has been systematic bias in favor of employers — mainly large-scale ones — handling it.  Whatever way possible comes up to roll back that centralization, take it.