Saturday, October 9, 2010

Senate eyes 25-employee threshold for health mandate - Orlando Business Journal:

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A “play or pay” employer mandate has been looming for but Democrats on theSenate Health, Education, Labo r and Pensions Committee finallh defined how small a busines s would need to be in order to be exempted from the requirement. Most busineszs groups oppose requiring employers to provide healtu care or pay a fee to the even if there is an exemption forsmall businesses. They contend it would kill jobs and hurt businessezs that are struggling to survive in atoughj economy. Plus, they said the mandate would do nothingf to addresshealth care’s underlying It costs too much. Take Tanya Sims, ownere of , who eliminated healthh care coverage for her 35 employeeethis year.
The Orlando-based electrical contractotr had provided the benefit for15 years.

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