Most Fla. small businesses eligible for health care tax credit Read more: Most Fla. small businesses eligible for health care tax credit - Jacksonvil

More than 80.1 percent of Florida small businesses with fewer than 25 employees are eligible for tax credits to help pay the cost of employee health coverage, according to a report by Families USA and the small business advocacy group Small Business Majority.

In Florida, 246,000 small businesses qualify for tax credits and 77,000 of them qualify for the maximum credit of 35 percent.