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
Health insurance: employers want to attract healthy employees, avoid sick
With the current regulations … a rational employer has strong incentives to find every legal way possible to attract employees who are healthy and avoid those who are sick 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.
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.'”
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.
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.
Workers, not employers, bear the (full) cost of health benefits
Many workers believe they pay one part of their health insurance premium, and their employer pays the rest. But that’s not how it works. Really, you pay the full cost of your health benefits.
9 of 10 companies anticipate their insurance will be banned
From MarketWatch: a new survey by Hewitt Associates, a global human resources consulting and outsourcing company, shows that almost all now believe they will not. Ninety percent of companies said they anticipate losing grandfathered status by 2014, with the majority expecting to do so in the next two years. Under the “grandfather” provision of the […]
Jane Norton on health care
If you’re looking for the latest drama in Colorado politics, or a accusations that Jane Norton is a liar, you have the wrong post. This post is about what Norton says about health care policy.
Jane Norton is seeking the Republican Party’s nomination to run for U.S. Senate this Fall. The Denver Post’s eidtorial board interviewed […]
