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[quote=Anonymous]Businesses SHOULD provide health care.  It's the right thing to do.  Whether or not it's the law.

Obvious advantage to employers - they will have healthier employees!  fewer sick days being used and issues with mental illness in the workplace, workers will be overall healthier and thus more energetic and productive.  And less maternity leave if contraception is covered.  Oh, and it will save lives.

People will stay with the same job longer.  even though they will be able to get health care somewhere else, they will likely see changes in doctors/hospitals, etc. if they switch jobs.  People like to keep their doctors.

A business should be able to work around the mandate by hiring employees who are under 26 as they might choose to stay on their parents' plan.  In fact, young people can get an advantage when interviewing if they make it clear that they are not interested in health care coverage at this time because they are comfortable with the plan they are already on.  Actually, not just the under 26 crowd, but anyone can get an edge on the competition if they don't need coverage (for instance, being on your spouse's plan).

Businesses can try to get around it by cutting people back to part-time, but how often will that work?  If I have the option to either work 36 hours per week at Papa John's with NO health care, or work 40 hours per week at Pizza Hut* WITH health care, which option do you think I'd choose?  And Pizza Hut can promote the fact that they have so many full time employees.
*I actually have no idea where Pizza Hut stands on the issue.  Just an example.

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