Health Insurance Reform: How It Affects Massachusetts Employers

By: Christopher Liberson
Submitted: 2007-01-17 16:15:25
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First of all, the employer mandate is not absolute. The cost of non-compliance, however, can be steep. You must offer an insurance plan if your payroll includes more than 10 full-time equivalent (FTE) employeeswho do not have insurance through another source. You will be assessed $295 per year per FTE if you do not offer insurance, and you may face an additional surcharge if your uninsured employees use more than $50,000 through the state’s free-care health services.

Now that we’ve covered the risks of non-compliance, here are ways you can use the new law to offer coverage to your workers.

The state establishes a Health Insurance Connector as sort of a clearinghouse for insurance offerings. This new entity approves new insurance plans and provides a link between insurers, employers and individuals. Employers will find plans through the Connector, removing the necessity to deal with individual insurance companies. The Connector can also work to split employer contribution for a worker with two part-time jobs. It should reduce costs both because of the flexible new products and the expanded population in the insurance pool. You can rely on any approved plan.

Employers will be able to offer a "Section 125" plan, named for its section in the IRS code. That plan gives an immediate benefit to employees by allowing them to deduct their premiums from pre-tax dollars. The employer’s contribution is required to be "fair and reasonable," with that amount to be determined by the state. Because those plans will come through the Connector, they should be much more affordable than present policies.

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