Affordable care could cause pain for US refractories businesses

• Autores: Laura Syrett
• Localización: Industrial Minerals, ISSN 0019-8544, Nº. 552, 2013
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The bill aims to increase coverage and affordability of healthcare, partly through the introduction of a mandate for employers of over 50 staff to offer "affordable" health insurance to their full-time workers, or face a financial penalty of $2,000 for each qualifying employee.

    "It has been fairly routine for the past 50 years in the US for employers to provide their employers with health care insurance, with employees paying some of the cost of their care," [Rob Crolius] explained to IM.

    "The [Barack Obama] plan mandates that employers provide coverage, or, in the alternative, pay a stiff penalty into a fund to help pay health care coverage for workers not covered by an employer plan," he said