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JenniferJuniper

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2. Businesses have no business being involved with their employees' health care

Reply to cali (Original post)

Wed Jul 3, 2013, 03:26 PM

Jul 2013

My health should not depend on whether I'm employed and if I'm am employed, it should not be connected in any way to who my employer is or what sort of coverage that employer provides.

It's a bad provision and it's effect would be to move us further away from the goal of true universal health care rather than closer to it. And it's a bad provision for a host of other reasons as well.

Ezra Klein opines http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2013/07/02/obamacares-employer-mandate-shouldnt-be-delayed-it-should-be-repealed/

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Analysis: Could the U.S. delay Obamacare's mandate for individuals, too? [View all] cali Jul 2013 OP

What would be the point? n/t pnwmom Jul 2013 #1

politics for one thing. A lot of dems will be pissed off that cali Jul 2013 #3

Businesses have no business being involved with their employees' health care JenniferJuniper Jul 2013 #2

+1 leftstreet Jul 2013 #4

You know where I learned that? KamaAina Jul 2013 #10

Does the Administration have the authority to change the law? madville Jul 2013 #5

The individual mandate was the entire point of the law in the first place Fumesucker Jul 2013 #6

Until the root problem is solved mick063 Jul 2013 #7

"The current format will allow the health care industry to rape the taxpayer." HiPointDem Jul 2013 #9

Oh, that cash cow is gonna happen. djean111 Jul 2013 #8

Oh, this should be an interesting topic, don't you think? Safetykitten Jul 2013 #11

I would rather be on a government plan. My employer is a psychopath I want nothing to do with him.nt limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #12

but most people won't be able to choose a government plan cali Jul 2013 #13

Well that doesn't seem very fair. limpyhobbler Jul 2013 #14