Does Obamacare Force Employers To Pay For Health Insurance? 
Beginning January 1 , 2015 employers with 100 or more employers have a choice to offer health insurance to their employees and child dependents or pay a penalty -LRB- tax -RRB- . If they choose to offer health insurance they must offer a health plan that meets the minimum coverage requirement , the employees can not pay more than 9.56 % of their income for their portion and the employer must pay at least 50 % of the employee only premium . The other option is to pay a tax of $ 2,000 per employee after the first 80 employees in 2015 and after the first 30 employees in 2016 . The penalty or tax is not tax deductible . 