Does An Employer Have To Offer Health Insurance? 
Currently employers are not required to offer health insurance to its employees . Come 1/1/2014 these rules will be changing . Companies with 51 or more full time employees will be required to offer a group policy that meets minimum requirements set by the government . Groups with 50 or less FTE however will not be required to provide benefits . Many small companies will be dropping expensive group plans and seeking other arrangements . 