Do you see that plateau…..?
Certainly, there are a whole host of other things going on that can affect that but my, it does at least look fairly locked in timewise. Heritage adds:
- Businesses with fewer than 50 workers have a strong incentive to maintain this size, which allows them to avoid the mandate to provide government-approved health coverage or face a penalty;
- Businesses with more than 50 workers will see their costs for health coverage rise—they must purchase more expensive government-approved insurance or pay a penalty; and
- Employers face considerable uncertainty about what constitutes qualifying health coverage and what it will cost. They also do not know what the health care market or their health care costs will look like in four years. This makes planning for the future difficult.
Either biz owners see higher costs running down the tracks at them at high speed (Obamacare mandates) or just not knowing what the next Govt "unknown unknowns" are going to be – what else will elected officials and unelected bureaucrats will do to them "to make things better".
(H/T: Hot Air)
