Health Insurance Reform’s Effect on Workers and Employer
Sunday, January 10th, 2010
In April 2006, the headlines on Boston’s Beacon Hill read like this:
“Massachusetts Plan Gives All Residents Access to Health Insurance.”
“Lower-Income Residents Will Receive Premium Subsidies.”
“Employers, Individuals Face Levies If They Lack Coverage.”
In the coming years, bigger news for workers nationwide will be heard, if their states adopt reforms similar to those passed by the Massachusetts legislature and signed by former Governor Mitt Romney, prompting headlines that might read: “With Health Insurance a Given, Workers Feel Freer to Change Employers.”
Reforms should be pushed.