Employer tax for Medicaid is dead as tobacco bill stalls
Gov. Kate Brown is not moving forward with a proposed tax on employers that don't adequately cover employees' health care.
House Bill 2269, called the Employer Health Care Responsibility Act, was projected to raise $120 million, though that projection later rose to $500 million. It would have taxed businesses with employees on Medicaid and required large employers to meet a minimum spending floor for employee health c are.
The concept appeared straightforward but was actually quite complex, given…
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