PPACA Subsidized Health Coverage Projected To Have Little Effect On Business Hiring Plans

A survey conducted by the National Association for Business Economics (NABE) in January 2014 found that 85% of its member respondents were not changing their hiring plans as a result of the provisions related to employer health insurance benefits mandated by the Patient Protection and Affordable care Act of 2010 (PPACA). About 75% said they had not changed their expectations or planning for 2014 as a result of the PPACA.

On February 4, 2014, as part of its economic projections for 2014, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its analysis of how the PPACA provisions related to health insurance access . . .