Right Wing Meme Destroyed: Employers say they'll still offer health care benefits

So much more destroying to do.

A nationwide survey of business executives indicates that most U.S. employers, at least for now, are unlikely to stop offering health care benefits in the wake of the landmark federal health care reform law.

The online survey of nearly 3,700 executives, conducted by Crain Communications Inc. publications Workforce Management and Business Insurance, found that 52.5 percent strongly disagreed with the statement that it would be better for their organizations to stop offering health care benefits and pay a fine under the new law. An additional 15.3 percent somewhat disagreed with the notion of dropping coverage and paying the fine. Eighteen percent somewhat agreed with the idea of dropping coverage; only 14.1 percent strongly believe their organizations would be better off in dropping benefits.

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Among the largest employers—those with 25,000 or more workers—64.9 percent strongly disagreed with the statement that their organizations would be better off dropping health care benefits. An additional 12.4 percent somewhat disagreed, while 14.2 percent somewhat agreed and 8.4 percent strongly agreed.