You want this as the National Health Insurance Plan if Mitty is selected, folks?
"Firms find ways around state health law" by Alice Dembner, Boston Globe | December 23, 2007
To comply with the new state insurance law, a Burger King franchisee in Boston expanded coverage from just his salaried staff to all full-timers. To control his costs, he halved the share he pays. Only three of the 27 newly eligible employees took the insurance; others say they can't afford it.
A large human service provider toughened eligibility for coverage in response to the new law, requiring employees to work 30 hours a week to qualify. That took away the option of work-based coverage for nearly 100 low-wage workers, but made them eligible for cheaper, state-subsidized insurance. It could reduce the company's costs while increasing the state's.
Another employer split his firm into separate corporations, each with fewer than 11 full-time employees, according to his insurance broker. That way he does not have to offer insurance, nor pay a fine.
Businesses from Boston to the Berkshires are responding to the state's landmark health insurance initiative in ways that could help it succeed - or stumble. Some employers are taking actions that could shift costs to the state or leave more people uninsured, potentially upsetting the delicate balance of responsibility on which the initiative rests.
Vinfen, a 2,000-person company that runs programs for mentally ill clients statewide, took a different approach that its officers said is designed to help low-wage workers. New employees now have to work 30 hours a week to qualify for insurance, up from 20.
"It's not a knee-jerk effort to reduce our costs," said Tim De Araujo, vice president of human resources. "By denying them eligibility to our plan, we gave them eligibility to the state plan. We felt this was the right thing to do."
Once again TAXPAYERS pick up the cost for EVERYTHING!
Other firms are avoiding fines by designating their employees as independent contractors or using other questionable means."
See "SiCKO," and see why National Health Care in AmeriKa is a scam!!
