"The Obama proposal includes a new requirement that employers either provide coverage to their employees or pay the government a set proportion of their payroll to provide it."
Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/29/us...63d&ei=5087%0A
One of the partners here just informed me that if this were to pass and be implemented, that it would shut down the firm, they wouldn't be able to do it.
A while back they looked at getting a group health insurance plan, but even a group plan was going to be more than most of the people here would be willing or able to participate in so it didn't work out. One attorney here even had his wife go back to work after having a baby just so they could get on her health insurance benefits.
Is anybody else getting any kind of indications of what might happen from their employers?