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ObamaCare encourages employers stop offering medical coverage
Americas Fortune 100 companies …y could save hundreds of millions of dollars a year under the new health care law by simply terminating health insurance for their workers and dumping these employees into taxpayer-funded health care exchanges. Continue reading
Stossel: Is Obamacare Stopping Businesses From Hiring?
Three successful businessmen came on my Fox Business show last week to explain how Obamacare is a reason that unemployment stays high. Its length and complexity make businessmen wary of expanding. Continue reading
Employer mandate for “affordable coverage” creates confusing incentives for employers, employees
If [an employer] does offer health insurance, the worker with dependents will prefer that the coverage is unaffordable. That’s not a typo — if the coverage is unaffordable, then the employee will be able to buy health insurance for his family on the exchange. Continue reading
Nursing homes seek waiver from ObamaCare health control bill
Nursing homes seeks waver from health control bill. “We do not have much ability to increase prices because we are so dependent on Medicaid and Medicare” for revenue, says president of American Health Care Association. Continue reading
ObamaCare harms low-skilled & part-time workers
The health control legislation known as ObamaCare (HR 3590) has an employer mandate provision for those who hire more than 50 people, as I’ve written before, this is a terrible idea. Diana Furchtgott-Roth of the Manhatten Institute explains how the … Continue reading
Large employers may drop coverage, pay penalty
Will the health control legislation (HR 3590) encourage large firms to stop offering medical insurance? From CNNMoney.com (Fortune): Internal documents recently reviewed by Fortune, originally requested by Congress, show what the bill’s critics predicted, and what its champions dreaded: many … Continue reading
Obama coddles insurance companies
Jacon Sullum explains at Reason.com: “We allow the insurance industry to run wild in this country,” President Obama declared on Monday. “We can’t have a system that works better for the insurance companies than it does for the American people.” … Continue reading
Democrats vs. small business
From Grace-Marie Turner: For example, the bill requires employers to pay at least 72.5 percent of insurance premiums for an individual and 65 percent for families. Data from a 2009 Kaiser Family Foundation survey suggest that at least 30 percent … Continue reading
A valid reason to despise Walmart
Walmart certainly has some admirable qualities (see these articles). But Wal-mart’s self-serving position on health care is disgraceful: “Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Tuesday that it supports legislation that would require large companies to offer health insurance to their workers,” reports … Continue reading