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In the not-so-distant future small employers may stop offering employer-sponsored health coverage because employees will demand it, said a speaker at the Benefits Forum & Expo in New Orleans Monday.
The biggest change will affect low income employees, who may receive affordable coverage through the workplace, but not for their dependents, said Rodger Bayne, president of Towson, Md.-based Benefit Indemnity Corp., at BFE, sponsored by EBN’s parent company, SourceMedia.
Kalish is a fomer managing editor of SourceMedia’s Employee Benefits Group.
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