Why Gov. Baker may be wrong to penalize small businesses for Medicaid growth

Gov. Charlie Baker wants to penalize companies that don ’t offer the bulk of their employees health care coverage, pointedly targeting small businesses. But some brokers say that plan targets the wrong groups. The proposal, released within the governor’s budget on Jan. 25, would call for businesses with over 10 employees to pay a $2,000 fine for eve ry full-time employee not offered adequate health insurance. The goal is to address the ballooning Medicaid budget, which has doubled in the last…
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