August 24th, 2009 by B

Author: Keith Frith

Subsidies (Title II, Sec. 241):
Under this bill, the third year of government health care will allow individuals below the 400 percent poverty level and who are not eligible for Medicare, to received government subsidies to partake in the premium plan health insurance.

Employer Responsibility (Title III, Part 1, Sec. 311 & 312):
An employer is to offer a qualified health benefits individual plan and family plan. An employee is to be automatically enrolled in a health-benefits plan, but has the option to opt-out. The employer is to make a minimum contribution on the applicable premium up to 72.5 percent for the individual plan, and a minimum of 65 percent for family plans. The premiums range from 1.5 percent to ten percent. Eight percent of the average wages paid by the employer (this is added onto the premium being paid by the employer) will be deposited into the Health Insurance Exchange Trust Fund. The employer will provide the Health Choice Commissioner, the Secretary of Labor, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, and the Secretary of the Treasury any information the Commissioner requires.

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