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Old 09-15-2019, 12:46 PM
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Originally Posted by retiredguy123 View Post
The ACA requires all employers with more than 50 employees to provide affordable health insurance for their employees. How would a public option fit into that requirement? I suspect that, if you take away the employer requirement, then employers would cancel the insurance and require their employees to sign up for the public option, thereby taking away the "option".
They only have to offer it. And that is only for full-time permanent employees. Part timers and seasonal employees aren't entitled to any health insurance.