"According to a new study by Deloitte consulting, around one in 10 U.S. employers with more than 50 workers plans to drop health coverage in the next few years as the main provisions of the Affordable Care Act kick in.... This finding is reminiscent of another employer survey released by McKinsey in June 2011.... [which] reported that when the ACA fully takes effect in 2014, it could prompt 30% of employers to drop coverage, pay the modest fine, and let their employees pursue coverage through one of the new state-based health insurance exchanges. A problem with using surveys like Deloitte's or McKinsey's to predict behavior is that they measure employer sentiment toward the ACA today, rather than the economic decisions employers typically make when the time comes."  MORE >>