Most large employers in Maryland offer quality, affordable health care benefits to their employees. If it weren’t for these large employers doing their "fair-share," many more Marylanders would be uninsured or underinsured today.

Larger employers who are not doing their "fair-share" either offer benefits with too many rules attached or offer benefits that are so costly that few employees can afford to purchase it. When uninsured workers and their families go to the emergency room, the costs are passed along to businesses that do offer real health benefits to their employees. When competing for the same bid, the firm that does not provide health insurance can put in a lower bid than the company that does provide benefits. That is an unfair competitive edge.

The "Fair-Share Health Care Plan" for large employers levels the playing field so that business can compete fairly. It pushes companies that currently don’t provide quality, affordable health care to begin doing so. And if these companies refuse to invest in their employees, the law puts more funds into health care expansion so that more Marylanders get access to high quality, affordable care.