[{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BlogPosting","@id":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/health\/low-wage-employers-need-obamacare-waivers\/#BlogPosting","mainEntityOfPage":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/health\/low-wage-employers-need-obamacare-waivers\/","headline":"Low-Wage Employers Need Obamacare Waivers","name":"Low-Wage Employers Need Obamacare Waivers","description":"GUEST EDITORIAL By Kenneth Artz, The Heartland Institute Beginning in 2014, ObamaCare will require employers with fifty or more full-time employees to offer affordable coverage to all of their employees or risk a hefty per-employee fine. As industries weigh the benefits of cost of coverage versus paying the fines, officials for trade groups representing nursing homes and other low-wage employers are considering asking the Department of Health and Human Services for a waiver excusing them...","datePublished":"2011-08-26","dateModified":"2012-04-24","author":{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/author\/kartz\/#Person","name":"Kenneth Artz, The Heartland Institute","url":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/author\/kartz\/","identifier":24,"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39d006b1b835fec3a24ee537f334e30892d79fe7af8b18428496c4ef37953211?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/39d006b1b835fec3a24ee537f334e30892d79fe7af8b18428496c4ef37953211?s=96&d=mm&r=g","height":96,"width":96}},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Consumer Insurance Guide","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/consumer-insurance-guide-logo.png","url":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/consumer-insurance-guide-logo.png","width":600,"height":60}},"image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/obamacare-copy.jpg","url":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/obamacare-copy.jpg","height":155,"width":289},"url":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/health\/low-wage-employers-need-obamacare-waivers\/","about":["Health"],"wordCount":923,"keywords":["50 or more employees much have a medical plan","health care reform","health insurance coverage","health insurance quote","hefty fines","Obamacare"]},{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org\/","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Health","item":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/health\/#breadcrumbitem"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Low-Wage Employers Need Obamacare Waivers","item":"https:\/\/consumerinsuranceguide.com\/health\/low-wage-employers-need-obamacare-waivers\/#breadcrumbitem"}]}]