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Legislatures around the country are proposing bills to make large companies pay more for their employees’ health benefits.

And New Hampshire has jumped on the bandwagon.

A bill in the House would require companies with more than fifteen hundred employees devote eight percent of their payroll expenses on health insurance.

The proposal is often dubbed the Walmart bill, because in the first state to pass it, Walmart was the only company affected.

But companies in New Hampshire say that even if stores like Walmart are the target, many could feel the impact.

New Hampshire Public Radio’s Kerry Grens has more.