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  • Employers Dropping Spousal Coverage to Avoid ObamaCare Fees

    06/17/2013 3:02:53 PM PDT · by grundle · 11 replies
    thenewamerican.com ^ | February 26, 2013 | Michael Tennant
    With healthcare costs continually on the rise — a situation compounded by ObamaCare’s new taxes and regulations — employers are looking for every means possible to keep those costs down. The healthcare law requires them to offer coverage to all full-time employees and their dependent children aged 25 and younger. The one person whose coverage it does not mandate, however, is the employee’s spouse; spousal coverage, therefore, is increasingly on employers’ chopping blocks. According to MarketWatch, since the passage of ObamaCare, companies have instituted various measures designed to discourage, if not outright exclude, individuals from obtaining health coverage via their...