Bay State business leaders yesterday welcomed the one-year delay in a requirement in President Obama's new health care law that employers provide their workers with insurance or face fines, but health care proponents called on Gov. Deval Patrick to veto part of the state budget that would repeal a penalty on business owners who don't comply with the state's health care reform law.
"Nationally, the ACA (Affordable Care Act) is vulnerable to attack," Amy Whitcomb Slemmer, executive director of Health Care for All, wrote to the governor yesterday. "In light of the federal delay in enforcing employer requirements, it is particularly important that Massachusetts hold strong in its commitment to shared responsibility."
The Treasury Department on Tuesday announced that penalties for businesses not providing health coverage will now begin in 2015, a delay the Greater Boston Chamber of Commerce called a "welcome surprise."
Meanwhile, the governor is considering a budget provision eliminating a $295 per employee assessment that employers who don't provide insurance have been paying since 2006.
Kristen Lepore of the Associated Industries of Massachusetts said the measure would reduce the administrative burden on employers and make way for the federal health law, which has larger penalties.
If the governor repeals the state provision, employers who don't provide health insurance may face no penalty for 18 months. The Executive Office for Administration and Finance said it was reviewing the issue.
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