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Employers say the "pay or play" mandate under the recently enacted health care reform bill will not drive them to drop health care benefits for their workers, according to a new survey.
Nearly 3,700 executives responded to a survey from Crain Communications. More than half (52.5 percent) "strongly disagreed" with the statement that it would be better for their organizations to stop offering health care benefits and pay a fine under the new law.
A provision in the new legislation requires employers with 50 or more full-time workers to offer health care coverage or pay a fine of $2,000 per full-time worker per year, beginning in 2014.
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