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CBS Evening News yesterday that half of the workforce is affected by the SCOTUS decision. I suspect the number is far smaller. Any idea where to

Posted by GregW (aka not2fast) Jul 1 '14, 12:24

find the number of people employed by closely held companies?

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I would've gone with "women", but they're not half of the workforce, are they? -- nm - znufrii Jul 1, 12:39
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- About 90% of businesses in the US employ fewer than 20 workers. IIRC< 50 or more is when the insurance mandate kicks in, correct? -- nm - TWuG Jul 1, 12:49 2
  - Yes, and I don't think there's a real good way to estimate the center circles of that particular Venn, is there? -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 13:05 1
    - Yeah, I have no idea where the overlap is, but if 90% of employers don't have to offer any insurance at all - TWuG Jul 1, 13:12
I would guess they worked backwards (i.e. estimated how many people work for publicly trade companies) - Tyego97 Jul 1, 12:26
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- TBF, the news has been reporting the ruling as affecting closely held corps. - Tyego97 Jul 1, 12:27 6
  - Even the National Law Review -- (link) - mara Jul 1, 12:42 4
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      - But the attribution rules come into effect for the 50% test, so it could be considered 5. -- nm - spamlet Jul 1, 12:55
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      - I, of course, have no idea if any of the language in the decision does anything in particular, but I belive the references I've seen are based on the - mara Jul 1, 13:12
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