- TheLagerLad
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Re: As Health Care Act Insurance Deadline Nears
My wife went back to work full-time a couple of months ago and I won't lie to you, I'm glad we're out of the individual ACA market.
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I've always been fortunate enough to get coverage through my employer.
I hope to continue to do so until I'm ready for Medicare.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Re: As Health Care Act Insurance Deadline Nears
You do realize that when an employer picks up the tab for a private for-profit health insurance plan, it's part of your salary, and thus, you are paying for it anyway.
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Employer-provided health insurance began during WWII when there were strict wage and price controls.
Employers were not permitted to offer raises so insurance was used as an end-run.
Ironic, isn't it, how it comes full circle.
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Re: As Health Care Act Insurance Deadline Nears
Just Fred wrote:
You do realize that when an employer picks up the tab for a private for-profit health insurance plan, it's part of your salary, and thus, you are paying for it anyway.
Yes, of course. But, historically you come off much better with the employer's clout behind you.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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Yes, of course. But, historically you come off much better with the employer's clout behind you.
I understand that, but it doesn't seem fair that three people working fulltime, one for a small company, one for a large company, one self-employed, should be paying different rates for similar policies.
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Fair? likely not.
But the history of employer provided health insurance is an accidental one.
We live in a time in which decent and otherwise sensible people are surrendering too easily to the hectoring of morons or extremists.
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