FT: Employers Seek Help over Obamacare Costs

A report in the Financial Times says that the U.S. Chamber of Commerce has petitioned the Obama administration to exempt employers in states that have rejected Medicaid expansion (such as Texas) from tax penalties for failing to provide coverage to employees would would have been covered by Medicaid.  The Chamber points to the administration's decision to exempt low-income workers in states rejecting Medicaid expansion from the individual mandate's tax penalties. 

http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/1ae394e6-9558-11e2-a151-00144feabdc0.html#axzz2OmrqLhKO

Bloomberg Businessweek: Small Employers are Clueless about Obamacare

Recent survey finds that many small business owners incorrectly believe that they will be subject to the employer mandate.

http://www.businessweek.com/articles/2013-03-21/small-employers-are-clueless-about-obamacare

WSJ: Health Insurers Warn on Premiums

Insurers say premiums for some individual and small-group plans could jump by as much as 116%.

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324557804578374761054496682.html?mod=WSJ_hpp_LEFTTopStories

USA Today: Some Small Businesses Choose to Self-Insure

http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2013/03/14/some-small-businesses-choose-to-self-insure/1988481/

WSJ: Employers Blast Fees From New Health Law

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424127887324392804578358540464713464.html?mod=WSJ_hpsMIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsSecond