tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12257856.post6233572207002273709..comments2024-01-20T12:46:47.740-05:00Comments on To Get Rich is Glorious: ReconciliationColinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03573575140584770666noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12257856.post-3399359970167863202010-03-25T21:59:39.355-04:002010-03-25T21:59:39.355-04:00How does the bill treat people who are uninsured b...<i>How does the bill treat people who are uninsured because they are unemployed? If they are required to purchase individual insurance during the time they are unemployed, the bill might slowly eat away at the employer-insurance relationship.</i><br /><br />Perhaps. But I suspect that once they are employed again they will dump their insurance and go with whatever their employer offers.<br /><br /><i>A company can pay $5k+ insurance premiums or $2k in fines; that's a no-brainer.</i><br /><br />Not sure it's quite that cut and dried. Remember, employers don't offer insurance out of the goodness of their hearts, they do it to attract employees. After all, right now the penalty for not offering insurance is zero, yet is still standard practice.Colinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573575140584770666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12257856.post-47231647559790676552010-03-25T19:45:56.371-04:002010-03-25T19:45:56.371-04:00How does the bill treat people who are uninsured b...How does the bill treat people who are uninsured because they are unemployed? If they are required to purchase individual insurance during the time they are unemployed, the bill might slowly eat away at the employer-insurance relationship.<br /><br />A company can pay $5k+ insurance premiums or $2k in fines; that's a no-brainer. Add in an increasing number of new employees who already have their own insurance because they were required to buy it while unemployed, and within a few years I can see a very large portion of American workers not having employer-based insurance. Something good might come of the bill after all.Expected Optimismhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17529415638698561443noreply@blogger.com