Democrats are working hard this week to firmly establish the link between healthcare reform and the health of small business in America.

Tomorrow, Senator Patty Murray will attend a hearing on the rising costs small business owners face in of providing healthcare for their employees.

According to the release, “The hearing will also highlight how health care reform legislation will lower costs, provide employees with portable care, and ease the burden of providing care for small businesses.”

Also tomorrow, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Small Business Administration Administrator Karen Mills will join “Small business owners from across the country for a briefing on the impact of health insurance reform on small business.”

Beginning at 9:45 (Washington state time), the briefing will be streamed live here. There will also be a simultaneous chat hosted during the event here.

Last week, Administrator Karen Mills of the Small Business Administration held a short conference call with media outlets to discuss how healthcare reform will affect small businesses in the Unites States. The only mention of healthcare came eight minutes into the call and was brief, but you can download and listen to that phone call here.