If you can't afford an employee who can lead a decent life and take care of himself when sick, you can't afford an employee. Don't expect the public to subsidize the cost, and don't blame voters for your poor decision-making. This is how it always should have been.
"Forty-one percent of the businesses surveyed have frozen hiring because of the health-care law known as Obamacare. And almost one-fifth—19 percent— answered "yes" when asked if they had "reduced the number of employees you have in your business as a specific result of the Affordable Care Act.""