The new health care laws mandate that employers provide coverage for their workers and impose penalties on those who don’t. But many employers are quickly discovering that it is far cheaper to pay the penalties than provide coverage. Why is that? How big of a surge will we see in companies refusing to extend health coverage to their employees? How much will this trend cost the typical working family? And will there be any remedy to this looming problem? We ask Grace-Marie Turner of the Galen Institute. She will also explain how the new health laws will cost taxpayers even more, now that states are opting out of their share of new government health plans.
