For businesses relying on part time labor for profits perhaps they should be raising bloody hell that access to healthcare is on their backs. Think single-payer.

There are exemptions for seasonal employees. And businesses over the exemption limit will face no penalties unless their employees get subsidies on the exchanges.

And the exemption is for businesses with less than 50 full time positions not bodies . Think counting hours not bodies. My husband runs a business grossing 5.5 mil/yr. and he doesn't have 50 full time positions.

So why does a huge segment of an American workforce have to be second class citizens by working 2-3 part time jobs with no benefits because large business has become financially dependent on this aberration.

Use your clout to pressure your lawmakers to get insurance off your backs. I was an employer. I know all about hiring part time workers.

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I would agree with all three of NFIB's goals in this and would also add a couple of others including: Changing the proposed rating system from a 300% rate compression to something more reasonable such as 500% or 700% as is now practices in a number of states, and; Allowing Federal Premium Subsidy and/or Tax Credit to be available both inside and outside of an exchange after 2014. Exchanges are still an unproven program and we should not limit availability of both the premium subsidy and small business tax credit only to the government exchanges...