...health insurance 6-8% b Year 4 If 80 percent of uninsured employees of firms with 25 to 100 employees (as of Year 1) are not insured through their employers,...all employers of this size are required to provide coverage or contribute to the public plan. Additional federal cost from Year 3 $ 0.8 billion Cumulative...

...payroll toward the cost of covering employees and dependents in the public plan. Phase IV (Year 4) * If 80% of uninsured employees of firms with 25-100...insured through their employers, along with their dependente, all employers of this size are required to provide private insurance coverage or contribute...

...target at 80 percent for small employers. If small employers do not meet this target, all employers are required to provide private insurance coverage or contribute toward the cost of coverage in the public plan. However, if employers collectively hit this target, no further action...