Friday, September 23, 2011

Patrick proposes fee hikes to cover cost of reform - Boston Business Journal:

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­­­• Tweak the fair share which currently requires businessexs with more than 10 employeesthat don’t offer “fair and reasonable” coverage to pay $295 per employeew per year, or pay at leas t 33 percent toward individual coverage or have 25 percent of theirf employees in the company health plan. The change would require both the 33 perceny and 25percent thresholds. Estimated funds $33 million.
• Require hospitals to pay a one-time, $20 millio increase in their assessment for the freecare • Make insurers pay a one-time assessmen of $33 million based on their • Take $35 million from the Medical Security Trust Fund, which was created to pay health coverage for unemployes residents. ­• Reduce payments for specialty doctorse byabout $8 million. Business groups have statedc their opposition to fee increases sincwe the specter first rose that the health care reformn law would be pricier than anyone President and CEO Rick Lord told State Houswe News that the additional feesare “just a bad The state’s health care reform law requires nearly everyy resident to obtain coverage.

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