Health Care Reform Affecting Employer Sponsored Health Insurance
Posted Jan 07 2010 11:15am
According to the article “The Missing Link in Health Reform: A Guarantee of Good Coverage At Work” by Richard Kirsch on huffingtonpost.com, the new House bill will require all but very small employers to offer and help pay for good health insurance benefits. They can also choose to pay a percent of their payroll to the government to assist with covering subsidies.
The Senate bill on the other hand doesn’t require employers to offer or pay for health insurance for their employees. The Senate bill will require employers with 50 or more full time employees to pay a fine if their employees end up getting subsidies from the government. What will actually end up happening depends on which bill gets implemented.
The article points out that currently 150 million Americans get health insurance through their work so there are a lot of people who need to understand the changes. During the past 10 years health insurance at work has deteriorated and more consumers are turning to individual health insurance. A study of employers released in the fall says the trend is likely to continue in 2010. Health care reform is a key component to how it will all play out.
According to the article “The Missing Link in Health Reform: A Guarantee of Good Coverage At Work” by Richard Kirsch on huffingtonpost.com, the new House bill will require all but very small employers to offer and help pay for good health insurance benefits. They can also choose to pay a percent of their payroll to the government to assist with covering subsidies.
The Senate bill on the other hand doesn’t require employers to offer or pay for health insurance for their employees. The Senate bill will require employers with 50 or more full time employees to pay a fine if their employees end up getting subsidies from the government. What will actually end up happening depends on which bill gets implemented.
The article points out that currently 150 million Americans get health insurance through their work so there are a lot of people who need to understand the changes. During the past 10 years health insurance at work has deteriorated and more consumers are turning to individual health insurance. A study of employers released in the fall says the trend is likely to continue in 2010. Health care reform is a key component to how it will all play out.