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New Study Reveals Devastating Consequences of Employer-Mandated Healthcare
February 2007 · ·
Washington, DC – A study released today by the Employment Policies Institute [EPI] reveals that a national mandate on businesses to provide health insurance to their employees would result in almost a million (995,000) lost jobs. The study, by Harvard economists Drs. Ellen Meara and Meredith Rosenthal,* also found that, unlike an employer mandate, Medicaid expansion would actually increase employment as well as significantly increase the number… -
New Study Reveals Devastating Consequences of Employer-Mandated Healthcare
February 2007 · ·
Washington, DC – A study released today by the Employment Policies Institute [EPI] reveals that a national mandate on businesses to provide health insurance to their employees would result in almost a million (995,000) lost jobs. The study, by Harvard economists Drs. Ellen Meara and Meredith Rosenthal,* also found that, unlike an employer mandate, Medicaid expansion would actually increase employment as well as significantly increase the number… -
NY’s Fair Share Bill: Up to 100,000 Jobs Lost, $9.2 Billion Hit to Business: Employment Policies Institute recommends better alternatives to employer mandates for helping uninsured
June 2006 · ·
Washington DC – As the New York Senate holds a committee hearing today to explore ways of increasing healthcare coverage in the state, the Employment Policies Institute [EPI] recommends policies that will reduce healthcare costs for the individual rather than expensive and ineffective employer mandates that will put low-skilled employees out of work. Research from an economist at the University of Kentucky reveals that the proposed “Fair… -
NY’s Fair Share Bill: Up to 100,000 Jobs Lost, $9.2 Billion Hit to Business: Employment Policies Institute recommends better alternatives to employer mandates for helping uninsured
June 2006 · ·
Washington DC – As the New York Senate holds a committee hearing today to explore ways of increasing healthcare coverage in the state, the Employment Policies Institute [EPI] recommends policies that will reduce healthcare costs for the individual rather than expensive and ineffective employer mandates that will put low-skilled employees out of work. Research from an economist at the University of Kentucky reveals that the proposed “Fair… -
U.S. House Panel Holds Hearing on Impact of Employer Healthcare Mandates: Employment Policies Institute testifies employer mandates are expensive, cost jobs, and ignore the vast majority of uninsured
May 2006 · ·
Washington, DC – A panel under the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing today on the impact of employer-provided healthcare mandates. Craig Garthwaite, research fellow in economics for the Employment Policies Institute [EPI], testified on the resultant job loss, immense cost, and overall ineffectiveness of these mandates in covering the uninsured. Skyrocketing healthcare costs put low-skilled Americans out of work. “Attempting to rely… -
U.S. House Panel Holds Hearing on Impact of Employer Healthcare Mandates: Employment Policies Institute testifies employer mandates are expensive, cost jobs, and ignore the vast majority of uninsured
May 2006 · ·
Washington, DC – A panel under the House Committee on Education and the Workforce held a hearing today on the impact of employer-provided healthcare mandates. Craig Garthwaite, research fellow in economics for the Employment Policies Institute [EPI], testified on the resultant job loss, immense cost, and overall ineffectiveness of these mandates in covering the uninsured. Skyrocketing healthcare costs put low-skilled Americans out of work. “Attempting to rely…