12-03-2012, 02:29 PM
Eventually, some businesses might have to employ more people for less hours to get the same amount of work done - in order to minimize the additional cost of work-unit based mandatory employee health care coverage. Managing more people for the same amount of work is extra overhead in itself, but that additional management investment may well be a more scalable outlay than the new per-employee costs for many businesses. Unfortunately, adding more people to the organization may then bump the employer from one category to the next (small to medium, or medium to large, etc..) which could then also equate to more costs anyway...
I don't know how the health care mandate will ultimately impact business of different sizes (and fear no one really does), but it's an unknown that's worrisome to me because it's hard enough to realize a decent enough profit to stay in business for many small and mid size employers as it stands. Hoping for the best.
I don't know how the health care mandate will ultimately impact business of different sizes (and fear no one really does), but it's an unknown that's worrisome to me because it's hard enough to realize a decent enough profit to stay in business for many small and mid size employers as it stands. Hoping for the best.