November 13th, 2013 at 10:04 PM
I agree, it really has been a mess on that front. What works well for one nation doesn't always work well for another.
One of the things that really was rather shady for me to find out recently was that businesses of over 50 employees, who do not provide health insurance for employees, won't penalized until the 32nd employee. A business with 51 employees would only be penalized for 19 of those employees if they did not provide healthcare as a part of the package, so for many small businesses, it's just cheaper to pay the penalties instead of providing the insurance.
One of the things that really was rather shady for me to find out recently was that businesses of over 50 employees, who do not provide health insurance for employees, won't penalized until the 32nd employee. A business with 51 employees would only be penalized for 19 of those employees if they did not provide healthcare as a part of the package, so for many small businesses, it's just cheaper to pay the penalties instead of providing the insurance.
