Did you see from Reuters - 87% of Employers to Reduce Benefits if Health Care Reform Increases Cost
Employers say they will not absorb any additional costs that result from reform and plan to take actions to avoid doing so, including reducing benefits, raising prices for customers and/or reducing head count.
The survey of 443 HR and benefit executives found that 87% of those surveyed would reduce benefits, 38% were likely to pass the increase off to consumers, 30% would absorb the costs by cutting staff and 27% would reduce salaries and compensation as a counter measure. Somehow we are supposed to believe the 11% of executives that claim their companies will absorb the loss.
What about the possibility of accepting the proposed penalty for eliminating health care coverage altogether and forcing employees onto the government plan? cont...
http://newsbusters.org/blogs/terry-trippany/2009/09/17/87-employers-reduce-benefits-if-health-care-reform-increases-costs
