"Preparing for an Uncertain Future"
1,000 word paper!!!!
1. What role do employee benefits play in creating and maintain a high-performance work system? How well do you think health insurance has played that role for large companies in the United States?
2. If large companies stop offering health insurance as an employee benefit, the total compensation package paid to the average employee would br smaller. How, if at all, do you think employers should make up for that reduction? What would be the impact of your recommendation on employees? On the government and taxpayers?
3. Suppose you work for a large company that is considering dropping health insurance and paying the penalty instead. What is your recommendation in each of the following situations below? What other situations might occur?
(a) Most other large companies maintain health insurance benefits.
(b) Most other large companies drop health insurance benefits.
(c) You expect the govenment will respond by raising the penalties.