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In reply to the discussion: I hope the Supreme Court kills the Affordable Health Care Act. ALL of it. [View all]riderinthestorm
(23,272 posts)as an employment benefit.
That will happen if the mandate is upheld in my opinion. Why? Because employers won't have any incentive to keep employees covered - it will be mandated by law that insurance companies provide coverage to everyone so the employer will simply get out of the game.
The penalty is FAR smaller than paying for an employee's health insurance plan. Besides, the employer doesn't have to hire an administrator(s?), doesn't have to hassle with employee programs (locating them, shopping, pricing etc.) Small business credits aren't high enough to incentivize them to provide it (besides those with less than 50 employees won't be required to provide it at all).
A person's health care should never have been tied to employment in the first place. The individual mandate will usher many, many people off their employer plans as they fold them up.
The demand for single payer will explode imho. But for that to happen, the mandate must be upheld.