Canadian Life and Health Insurance Association pitches a federal tax credit for small businesses to convince them not to drop their coverage
An association of health insurance providers warns it might not be worthwhile for small businesses to provide dental benefits to some employees once the government launches a national dental-care plan.
“The risk is that a number of employers will say to themselves, ‘Is there an opportunity for me to allow my employees to have equivalent coverage, but me not to have to bear that burden?”’ Health benefits, including dental, are a deductible expense for business, but the insurance association says small enterprises don’t see the same advantages as large corporations.In February, the Canadian Dental Association urged the government to be careful not to disrupt existing private benefits as part of a policy paper on the new federal program.
“That would level the playing field a little bit with some of the benefits that larger employers get from offering dental coverage, and be a bit of a positive inducement to keep employers offering these benefits,” Frank said. “We’ll be able to, once it’s in place, take a look with real data and experience and see what happens,” Davies said in an interview Thursday.
The U.S. government included incentives and penalties to encourage employers to continue to offer private insurance.
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