1/3 of Employers May Owe Healthcare Penalties

Written by FrumForum Editors on Monday May 24, 2010

A new study suggests that many Employers may owe significant new healthcare penalties:

About one-third of employers subject to major requirements of the new health care law may face tax penalties because they offer health insurance that could be considered unaffordable to some employees, a new study says.

The study, by Mercer, one of the nation’s largest employee benefit consulting concerns, is based on a survey of nearly 3,000 employers.

It suggests that a little-noticed provision of the law could affect far more employers than Congress had assumed.

Click here to read more.

Category: Middle Rail