Bill Would Require Big Employers to Spend on Health Care
The proposal would mandate employers in Maryland with at least 10,000 full- and part-time employees to spend at least 8 percent of payroll costs on employee health care coverage.
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I hate it when government tries to tell people (even big business) how to spend their money. Does the state government in Maryland currently spend 8% of the payroll to insure it's workers?
What's worse is that employer provided health insurance in and of itself is an echo of the paternalistic "company town". I'd much rather see associational health care insurance get passed so it's easy to get health care from your church, your union, or your service club. Employers can treat their workers incrementally worse to save money without consequence because the trap of employer sponsored health insurance keeps employees tied to their jobs.
Alison, I'd imagine that Maryland is probably spending at least 8% of its employees' salaries on health care, given how expensive it is in the region.
This is one of the sillier bills in a while, but not the most silly: Maryland just passed a bill to help doctors with malpractice insurance. Did they limit damages in malpractice suits? Restrain frivolous lawsuits? Nope. They instituted a 2% tax on HMOs, so the price will be paid by health care consumers. Gotta keep that money flowing to the lawyers!