http://committedtoromney.com/2006/04/12/romney_and_healthcare_video/ A Community of People Committed to Conservative Principles Since 2005. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:20:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://committedtoromney.com/2006/04/12/romney_and_healthcare_video/#comment-4155 Mike Kemp Sun, 07 May 2006 19:18:26 +0000 http://committedtoromney.com/2006/04/12/romney_and_healthcare_video/#comment-4155 Is this correct? "The Massachusetts House of Representatives overrode the veto -- but the reality is that the $295 penalty is small potatoes compared with the other obligations in the law. Say, for example, you open a restaurant and don't provide health coverage. If the chef's spouse or child is rushed to the hospital and can't pay because they don't have insurance, you -- the employer -- are responsible for up to 100% of the cost of that medical care. There is no cap on your obligation. Once the costs reach $50,000, the state will start billing you and fine you $5,000 a week for every week you are late in filling out the paperwork on your uncovered employees (Section 44). These provisions are onerous enough to motivate the owners of small businesses to limit their full-time workforce to 10 people, or even to lay employees off." Found on Powerline, at http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014005.php Is this correct?
“The Massachusetts House of Representatives overrode the veto — but the reality is that the $295 penalty is small potatoes compared with the other obligations in the law. Say, for example, you open a restaurant and don’t provide health coverage. If the chef’s spouse or child is rushed to the hospital and can’t pay because they don’t have insurance, you — the employer — are responsible for up to 100% of the cost of that medical care. There is no cap on your obligation. Once the costs reach $50,000, the state will start billing you and fine you $5,000 a week for every week you are late in filling out the paperwork on your uncovered employees (Section 44). These provisions are onerous enough to motivate the owners of small businesses to limit their full-time workforce to 10 people, or even to lay employees off.”
Found on Powerline, at http://powerlineblog.com/archives/014005.php

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