Employers Get Hit Without Medicaid Expansion

Health News Florida | By Health News Florida

Published March 15, 2013 at 11:24 AM EDT

Florida employers could get hit with up to $219 million in federal penalties if the state doesn’t expand Medicaid or do the functional equivalent, Bloomberg News reports. That’s because they’ll have to pay a penalty under the Affordable Care Act if their low-wage employees are forced to seek subsidized care through the federal health exchange because they can’t get Medicaid.

Employers Get Hit Without Medicaid Expansion

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