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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
Under Obamacare, Employers Will Likely Engage in ‘Targeted Dumping’ of Employees
Minnesota Public Radio reports, “A loophole in the federal health care overhaul would allow many employers to game the system by dumping their sicker employees [into] public health insurance exchanges, according to two University of Minnesota law professors.” 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
Private health exchange to compete with politically-run government exchanges
Bloom health offers a “nationwide private insurance exchange and defined contribution solution for employers” that offers “an alternative to the state insurance exchanges” Continue reading
Repealing health control law (Obamacare) will create jobs
The best thing that Congress can do to unleash jobs creation is to repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. Continue reading
Create jobs by repealing ObamaCare
Repeal of ObamaCare would probably do wonders to spur hiring, especially for permanent positions. Compensation for such jobs usually includes a benefits package with health care insurance, as well as a money wage or salary. Continue reading
Will ObamaCare kill employer-based insurance & lead to portable coverage?
The National Federation of Independent Business found that many employers plan to stop offering insurance, but are interested in “giving employees a “tax-excluded contribution” they could use to purchase health insurance in an ‘open market.’” Continue reading
ObamaCare: replacing employer-based insurance w/ subsidized health plans
A new study by McKinsey suggests that as many as 78 million Americans could lose employer health coverage, and some will end up with tax-funded subsidies for politically defined health plans. Continue reading
Colorado Senate Bill 11-019 lifts insurance restrictions on small employers
Colorado Senate Bill 19 would lift restrictions on small business that forbid them from using “Health Reimbursement Accounts” for buying medical insurance with pre-tax dollars. Continue reading