We have offered the best plan we could afford since hiring our first employee in 2004.  We believe it is the right thing to do, but we don't feel we should be regulated into doing so. We are a small business and currently offer a platinum plan to our employees.  I would imagine that nowadays that may help us hire and retain talent to some extent.  We believe people should be able to actually use the coverage we provide and afford to get care when needed which is why we offer such a high metal plan.  It has no deductible, limited out of pocket costs, reasonable prescription prices, the best dental coverage one can obtain and everything else one needs these days.

We don’t have employees but if we did, it would be a goal to offer healthcare because health is an important factor for life. This is my personal statement, You can have all the money in the world but without good health all else is worthless. In my opinion after 30 yrs of working in the healthcare field:  health insurance should be something for everyone so people can take care of their health and not worry about  treatment should problems arises.  

Let's face it, If you provide healthcare for your employee's it is your company's largest expense. It is for us anyway.  With just 14 employee's it is paramount for us to have it so we can retain top quality people. I was wise enough to "grandfather" us in before the ACA went into effect. We have stayed that way since and have had minimal yearly increases. If small employer's like us could join groups or open the market to cross state lines it would increase options and choices and lower health care costs.  Maybe some day I can only hope.

I am a retired USMC Colonel, so I have already "paid" for my insurance by serving my country. Semper Fi!

I am a United States Marine Corps veteran and use the Veterans Administration clinic/ hospital for any health care that I can not provide myself. In the last couple of years, the VA has improved tremendously. If you can not afford to pay health insurance, please consider hiring a veteran. You will not be disappointed.  Semper Fi. 

I'm a contractor so I don't offer healthcare. I plan on looking into a group insurance option in the future. 

Despite the fact that we are not required to do so, we offer healthcare to our employees because it is the right thing to do. Universal healthcare ought to be the law of the land!

We offer health insurance to retain our great talent and to provide care in the event of a catastrophic event.

I am all for companies offering H/C if they choose to, but it shouldn't be mandated... and if an employee needs this type insurance, they should find a different employer if their's doesn't offer it. I also disagree with 'universal healthcare' or 'healthcare is a right' sentiment. 

Company should not be involved in healthcare decisions of the employee. What we spend on premiums today should be directed to a universal coverage program.

When you consider the merits of universal coverage, ask yourself why do we spend twice as much on health Care as the next most expensive universal coverage / single payer program and have worse patient outcomes than all of them?

With with regards to comments about good benefit packages, benefits are the employees money spent on something they would probably buy anyway but they have no choice in what is bought and the price. I believe we would be better off with having a benefits equivalent of an HSA account from which they could buy the benefits they wish to have such as which insurance program, education, vacation, and covering leave for medical or Senior Care.

Employers should get out of the benefits business, stay out of their employees lives, and compensate their employees with cash and stock only.