Max Baucus: Call to Action Health Reform 2009

Senate Finance Committee Chair Max Baucus’s Call to Action Health Reform 2009 Baucus's Call asserts this on page 16,

Large employers — especially firms paying high wages — have the greatest capability to provide coverage to their employees. The vast majority of American employers in this category would probably continue to provide coverage as a competitive benefit to recruit employees. If these employers choose not to provide coverage, under the Baucus plan they would have to contribute to a fund that would help to cover those who remained uninsured.

I'm not optimistic large employers will find competitive benefits offering coverage. Just like post-invasion Iraq, the Senators may want to contemplate some other scenarios should the probables in this call not pan out.