Purchasing Health Insurance
» Purchasing Health Insurance, Volume 7, Issue 3, 2007
If respondent does NOT offer employee health insurance or premium reimbursement, has at least one full-time employee AND would NOT have to close their business.
18. Would you take a second step to help you comply? Would you:?
| Response | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Increase payroll costs and make health benefits at least 7.5 percent of payroll | 6 | ||
| 2 | Pay a 7.5 percent payroll tax | 8 | ||
| 3 | Make some full-time employees part-timers to avoid counting them under the law | 10 | ||
| 4 | Shift non-health employee benefits and/or wages to health benefits, not increasing payroll costs or paying the tax | 3 | ||
| 5 | Eliminate some employees | 10 | ||
| 6 | Wouldn’t take additional step | 48 | ||
| 7 | (Have to close) | 2 | ||
| 8 | (Other) | 4 | ||
| 9 | (DK/Refuse) | 9 | ||
| Total (%) | 100 | |||
| N | 160 | |||
Notes: Ten (10) percent of small employers who do not offer employee health insurance or premium reimbursement with at least one full-time employee and would not have to close their business, would eliminate some employees as their second step to comply (Q#18).
