Health coverage required by Massachusetts' 2006 insurance law

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Audits of select Massachusetts businesses suggest that a substantial number may not be providing workers the health coverage required by the state’s landmark 2006 insurance law.

Auditors targeted employers that provided incomplete or inconsistent information to the state in earlier reports. Of the 426 companies audited so far, 172, or 40 percent, had violated the law’s requirement that most employers contribute a portion of their workers’ insurance premiums or pay a penalty. Those companies owed an additional $5 million, the state said.

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Compliance uneven on health care law - The Boston Globe