News You Can Use: You're Damned if you Do and Damned if you Don't on Health Reform, CBO Reports

News You Can Use: You're Damned if you Do and Damned if you Don't on Health Reform, CBO Reports

Coverage From Employee Benefits News:

A new report from the Congressional Budget Office explores the various proposals on the table for reforming the nation's health care system and concludes there aren't many options that will overwhelmingly benefit both employers and employees.

Although most surveys find employers in favor of health reform, among the proposed options to increasing the number of Americans with health coverage -- essentially, premium subsidies and/or individual or employer mandates to obtain/provide coverage -- most would increase costs, CBO finds. And higher costs for employers likely would ultimately mean lower pay for workers (and less taxable income for the government).