The American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) today denounced the Maryland General Assembly's veto override of Senate Bill 790, otherwise known as the "Fair Share Health Care Fund Act."
"This is a misguided approach to solve the problem of the uninsured or reduce the cost of health insurance," said Maryland Delegate and ALEC Member Adelaide "Addie" Eckardt, who opposed the bill. "It is an unprecedented government intrusion into the benefit structures of private companies that ignores better approaches-such as expanding health savings accounts or reducing costly mandated benefits-that would help all Marylanders afford insurance coverage."
The bill requires Maryland companies with more than 10,000 employees to spend at least eight percent of their payroll on employee health benefits or make a contribution to the state insurance program for the poor.
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