The Medical Tourism Association recently conducted a survey on employers’ views of US Healthcare Reform at the annual Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Conference The Medical Tourism Association recently conducted a survey on employers’ views of US Healthcare Reform at the annual Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) Conference, which took place June 27-30th, 2010 in San Diego, California. Approximately five hundred employers completed the survey.

Some of the highlights from the survey were that 84% of employers felt that healthcare reform would increase health insurance costs and 58% found that healthcare reform would have a negative effect on the employer’s business. The survey also found that 85% of the employers surveyed felt that Americans would not be able to afford health insurance in 2020. 65% of employers felt healthcare reform would have a positive impact on the growth of medical tourism.