OK,,,, so here is an example, on dental offices of ACA's effects on small corporations:
1. If the small business employer chooses to provide (health) coverage for employees, qualifying employers with fewer than 25 employees and average annual wages of less than $50,000 will be eligible for tax credits (which disappear after 2016), on a sliding scale, to assist the purchase of health insurance coverage. (Only temporary)
2. ACA provisions levy a 2.3 percent medical device excise tax scheduled to take effect Jan. 1, 2013. The ADA and members of the Organized Dentistry Coalition have opposed implementation of the device tax, and the House of Representatives passed a bill in June to eliminate the tax. The legislation is stalled in the Senate. The coalition estimates that the tax will increase the cost of dental care by more than $160 million annually.
So,,, the effects to small businesses will be for employees to lose their healthcoverage,, and typical policy increases have gone way up,,,even at $10/hr, cannot be afforded. Tax subsudies are temporary, so that is not something that will continue as that will eat into profits, a practice that doesnt profit goes out of business, so less Dr's less options for treament. The medical device tax increases dental cost,,, borne out of pocket most likely for the employees who lost their healthcare and dental care...
Those certainly ARE effects on business under 50 Employees! Not to mention the loss of providers and choices in care. Are they not??
That will also effect the bottom line of a struggling company,, not to mention if you decide to become a dentist and have to pay back those school loans!?!
Kevyn wrote:
The ACA dosn't effect company's with less than 50 employees. If you can start a company right now and employ 50 people there is a good chance you can afford to provide them with basic benefits especially considering your competition will have to do the same. When employers do not pay a living wage taxpayers subsidise those businesses by providing basics like food stamps and Medicade to keep them their labor out of object poverty. This allows them to unfairly compete with employers who pay a living wage and provide benefits. A raise in minimum wage will lift people out of poverty and allow them to support themselves.
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