Employers are still torn on how they will respond to health care reform, but a survey from GfK Custom Research North America says most are, at the very least, skeptical of its potential.
Though the majority of employers surveyed (56 percent) say that they're likely to continue to offer employer-sponsored health insurance after health care reform is enacted, 12 percent of benefits decision-makers say they would be very or somewhat likely to drop coverage. And many—32 percent—of the 502 private-sector companies surveyed are unsure what they will do.
Projections vary by the size of employer, with only 4 percent of decision-makers surveyed from those companies with 500 or more employees considering terminating coverage completely. In addition, decision-makers who say they are familiar with health care reform are less likely to foresee their dropping coverage (7 percent, versus 15 percent among those not familiar).
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