MEC stands for Minimum Essential Coverage.
This is the Minimum Coverage that can be offered in accordance with the regulations under Healthcare Reform.

What is really is however, is a perfect solution to the Pay or Play Mandate for the company with over 50 employees that doesn’t offer a Traditional Health plan and for the company that needs a solution for its variable hour workers that can’t afford to offer a Traditional Health Plan that meets Minimum Value standards.

Not only with the Minimum Essential Coverage solution can you help to avoid the $2000 per employee penalty of the Employer Shared Responsibility provision (Pay or Play), you can still allow an employee to choose the option to go “On-Exchange” and receive affordable or enriched Health plans from their State’s Public Exchange or through Healthcare.gov