BOSTON (AP) — Gov. Deval Patrick said Tuesday he will file legislation that would freeze unemployment insurance rates for Massachusetts businesses and end parts of the state's landmark 2006 health care law that is at odds with the federal Affordable Care Act.
Patrick said the bill would freeze the unemployment rates for the fourth year in a row, saving employers another $500 million. Over four years the savings for employers would amount to about $1.7 billion, he said.
Patrick's bill would also eliminate the annual $295 per employee that businesses with 11 or more workers must pay if they don't make what the state determines is a "fair and reasonable" contribution to their worker's health insurance.
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