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Originally Posted by bigtex
i remember him saying that, as well!
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Only if we dumped our employees into the ACA exchanges. With 15 employees, we are under no obligation to abide by the provisions of the ACA that govern penalties fo not providing adequate health care for employees.
But, as I have said time and time again, we choose to pay for our men's health insurance as an encentive, we need skilled men, and we need to offer them the best in a benefit package.
My hope was that other businesses would be forced to to the same, leveling out the cost of labor in the billing rate.
Where it is hitting us is our insurance carrier has now raised our rate substantially because of what they say are the consequences of the ACA.
This seems to be the complaint of most small businesses, being penalized for rate increases brought on by something they do not even participate in.
What the ACA has brought most small businesses is the same health care as they had before, but at a substantially higher rate because the insurance companies are using the ACA as an excuse to raise rates at a much higher percentage than before.
