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This is almost always because the company gets a break on health insurance premiums for enacting such a policy.
by JohnFen 8mo ago
This is almost always because the company gets a break on health insurance premiums for enacting such a policy.
- butterbomb 8mo agoAh that makes sense. Was something changed recently to enable this? I’ve certainly seen employer health insurance discounts for not smoking for years, but the complete ban, listed in a job application, and explicitly including cessation aids feels like something I’ve only seen in recent years.
- giraffe_lady 8mo agoThe first time I heard about it was hospital groups and other healthcare employers around 2010. Like you said it was originally an optional bonus/discount but even then there were explicit plans to make it mandatory over some years. The timing as I remember it matches up with ACA passing (optional) and going into effect (mandatory) so may have something to do with health insurer costs related to that. But I don't know enough about it to guess more, just a suspicion.