Posted on 02/02/2015 8:25:55 AM PST by PROCON
Along with the individual mandate to buy insurance, the employer mandate has been one of the more controversial aspects of Obamacare. Implementation of the employer mandate has been delayed twice, and other aspects of the law are being phased in, with "transitional relief" to help businesses cope. However, according to Healthcare.gov, an employer "mandate" doesn't even exist.
A search for "employer mandate" on Healthcare.gov doesn't return any applicable information, but there is a page on the site entitled "Which businesses must cover their employees." The answer begins with the unequivocal statement, "No employer is required to offer health insurance to its employees." However, the following sentences make clear that for some businesses, the decision to not offer insurance is not without consequences:
But some larger businesses may have to make a payment in 2015 or 2016 if they don’t offer coverage or if the coverage doesn’t meet certain standards.
The payment is called the Employer Shared Responsibility Payment and applies to employers of different sizes at different times.
(Excerpt) Read more at weeklystandard.com ...
You don’t have to do it, but we’re gonna tax you if you don’t do it ... :-) ...
And, ultimately, “we’re going to point a gun at your face if you don’t”.
Knock, knock
“Who is it”
“Shared Responsibility Police, ma’am”
“We don’t want any”
“Now, you know that isn’t how it works, open the door!”
Employer Shared Responsibility Payment
When I was a child and read ‘1984’; I thought this could never happen in America.
To my shock; I stand corrected.
bump
Sounds like the MOB’s apocryphal Vinny, who comes around your neighborhood and says you don’t have to pay us for protection, but if you don’t, something bad might happen to you.
When is our Congress going to grow a pair & stop this stuff? They have the means,but they have to get used to the idea that the rest of us have known for a long time....that the CIC is past due for some Constitutional justice.
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