hold companies responsible for purposely hiring part-time employees to avoid paying insurance for these individuals.

Companies need to be held responsible for purposely hiring part-time employees to avoid paying insurance for these individuals. It is becoming all too accustomed for companies, both big and small, to hire people just below their requirements for full-time working hours in order to avoid paying into the life saving benefits of health insurance. In situations, current full-time employees are having their hours reduced to avoid paying for insurance as well. These are families that not only depend on health insurance, but the salary that comes from working full time. Some form of deterrent, or incentive, should be enforced to prevent hard-working Americans from being taking advantage of.