Six out of 10 employers hope Congress will repeal health care reform while seven in 10 employers do not believe the legislation will alleviate health care costs, according to Health Care Reform 360, a national study by Market Strategies International.
"Sixty-two percent of employers included in our study hope health care reform is repealed, with 29 percent strongly in favor of repeal," says Susan McIntyre, senior vice president in the company's health care division. "And 72 percent disagree that it will reduce their company's health care cost burden. This is independent of firm size and whether or not employee health benefits are currently offered."
The study also revealed 63 percent of employers do not think health care reform will make their business more competitive from a cost standpoint nor will it help attract and retain employees.
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"However, seven in ten believe some parts of health care reform should stay in place, and 58 percent believe reform was long overdue," McIntyre says. "This suggests that while most employers do not support the law as it is currently written, there is support for some aspects of the law."
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