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THE QUESTION
Should the Bill Have An Employer Mandate?
The Senate Finance Committee bill does not include a requirement that businesses contribute to the cost of health care for their employees, known as an employer mandate. Do you think the final legislation should have that provision?
Posted by Ceci Connolly on October 6, 2009 8:46 PM
FROM THE PANEL
Missing the Forest for the Trees?
Republicans fear employer mandates will impose significant financial burdens on companies and put them out of business. Democrats argue that employers have to take responsibility for the health of their workers. Both have a point.
Posted by Doug Ulman, on October 9, 2009 12:16 PM
Keep Sight of the Goal
Employer health plans are no longer the solution as these same plans have contributed to the downfall of many of those companies that offered them.
Posted by Kathy-Ellen Kups, on October 7, 2009 7:51 PM
Killer Tax on Low-Income Workers? No!
It does nothing for the unemployed, self-employed or early retirees. It harms small and vulnerable firms, ultimately costing the economy jobs and revenue
Posted by Robert F. Graboyes, on October 7, 2009 3:02 PM
Expect Hidden Health Taxes
By directly taxing employers to cover the uninsured, there's more transparency and light brought to a process that's currently hidden, arcane and inequitable.
Posted by Jane Sarasohn-Kahn, on October 7, 2009 9:36 AM
Just a Distraction
Health care has become a free-market circus, tying our political process in knots and confusing the American public. Because of this, we are mired in details like the employer mandate.
Posted by Mark Kelley, on October 6, 2009 9:56 AM
A Misguided Way of Thinking
The notion that employers either provide a specified level of coverage or pay a penalty, the so-called "employer mandate," is the wrong way to think of the employer's role.
Posted by Michael Critelli, on October 6, 2009 9:12 AM
Pay or Play-- Is There Another Way?
The role of employers in the U.S. health-care system is a pivotal component to the survival of our economy. Without their participation there is no way to ultimately hold insurance companies more accountable.
Posted by Sreedhar Potarazu, on October 6, 2009 8:06 AM
FEATURED COMMENTS
flounder2: Yes. Employers that don't provide benefits are "deadbeat employers". While people keep claiming we need to create jobs, I think too many peo...
msully25: The government needs to give individuals the same tax deduction that employers get for insurance, so that they can get their own independent...
kare1: WE should not have an employer mandate.
As long as companies are REQUIRED to give expensive benefits such as HEALTHCARE to employees, they ...
