For Health Care Reform Bill
How does the health care reform bill affect health benefits for employees/employers?
Specifically, I’d like to know if it will be in an employers interest to continue to provide health insurance benefits to employees, once the effects of the bill kick in years from now.
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/22/your-money/health-insurance/22consumer.html
EMPLOYER COVERAGE People who receive coverage through large employers would be unlikely to see any drastic changes, nor should premiums or coverage be affected. But almost everyone would benefit from new regulations, like the ban on pre-existing conditions that would apply to all policies come 2014.
There might even be cases where people would be eligible to buy insurance through an exchange instead of through their employer, Professor Jost said: those who must pay more than 9.5 percent of their income for premiums, or those whose plans do not cover more than 60 percent of the cost their benefits.
Health Care “Reform” Bill Will Actually Raise Health Care Costs