Georgia Plan May Subsidize Health Insurance To Small Businesses

Sonny Perdue on Tuesday announced a proposal that would subsidize health insurance for some small businesses and their employees Health Insurance, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Under the plan, called the Health Insurance Partnership for Georgia.

The state would spend $50 million in state and federal funds to provide health insurance to employees with annual incomes less than Health Insurance of the federal poverty level. Businesses with fewer than 50 employees would qualify under the program Health Insurance.

Employees could choose to join the health insurance program offered to state employees; Health Insurance a cheaper, more basic plan; Health Insurance or a high-deductible plan with a health savings account. Joining the program would be voluntary for businesses Health Insurance.

Health Insurance Participating businesses would pay a portion of the bill Health Insurance, as would employees through premiums. Perdue said that the plan would not allow businesses to drop their existing coverage to join the state-provided insurance.

Perdue said that the plan will provide affordable insurance options to Georgia's mom-and-pop shops Health Insurance, beauty salons, bakeries, hardware stores and a myriad of other businesses Health Insurance.