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| | | | | | Question of the Week | Tuesday we asked: Gov. Charlie Baker has proposed fining Massachusetts companies with more than 10 workers a $2,000 penalty per full-time employee if they do not offer a qualifying health plan to those workers. The estimated $300 million in revenue from the penalties would be used to offset the estimated $600 million in increased Medicaid costs for fiscal 2018. | Should companies be fined for not offering health insurance? |  | - Why should employers be held accountable for government screw-ups? Healthcare issues were not created by employers.
- We're now in the age of push coming to shove, in terms of employer-sponsored health insurance. More than two generations ago, the workforce was younger, medical options were far less expensive (and more limited) and health insurance was a valuable, inexpensive benefit as an alternative to raising wages. Now, as the demographic ages, insurers are caught in the vise. If insurers are not able to protect their business model without harming their core business, it's time to look at a compromise that empowers the best that insurers have to offer with what the insured population needs.
- While I do agree it is an employee benefit, we have always offered health insurance, and I do believe it should be part of the cost of doing/running a business. I strongly disagree with Charlie Baker in fining companies who do offer health insurance. Fine only the ones that do not!
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