SURVEY: OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES WILL CONTINUE OFFERING COVERAGE UNDER OBAMACARE

[kpete]

SURVEY: OVERWHELMING MAJORITY OF BUSINESSES WILL CONTINUE OFFERING COVERAGE UNDER OBAMACARE | Though Republican talking points suggest otherwise, more than 85 percent of employers in an International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans survey say they have no plans to stop offering health care plans for their employees when the Affordable Care Act takes full effect in 2014. The companies told the IFEBP that keeping there employees happy and healthy is essential to a successful business model. “These employers recognize that offering health care coverage is an important benefit that helps retain current employees, attract future talent, and increase employee satisfaction,” said International Foundation CEO Michael Wilson. –Ben Sherman

http://www.businessinsurance.com/article/20120611/NEWS03/120619989
http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/06/12/498146/survey-overwhelming-majority-of-businesses-will-continue-offering-coverage-under-obamacare/

[Warpy]

1. Overwhelming?

A statistic came out a few weeks ago that said only 58% of workers have health care coverage through their employers, down from over 70% a decade ago.

Certainly most corporations will continue to offer health insurance to their executives. Workers will be cut back to just under full time, something that has happened throughout the service industry, to make sure they don't qualify for benefits.

ETA: found it, http://www.epi.org/publication/bp337-employer-sponsored-health-insurance/

[TheKentuckian]

2. Well, lets hope they are whistling dixie and most eventually drop

but this isn't surprising, employers love that leash and easy excuse to keep wages down and fought hard to ensure the stupid employer based system remained firmly in place and was protected.