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Old 07-21-2009, 07:08 PM   #67
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what happens to them now? why would that change? Its in their best interest to offer the car, to hire the best people, right? So if in a down economy it gets taken away, they'd be covered by the bus they help pay for, when the economy rebounds, the company would offer benefits again, right? Wouldn't having that option actually be beneficial to companies struggling in a down economy?
It might be beneficial to companies, sure, but it obliterates Obama's oft-repeated mantra that everyone who likes their coverage will get to keep it. Maybe shifting the burden of health care costs from employers to the government might be good for businesses...but how does that help people who want (or already have) good health care?

And where is the motivation for companies to pick up the bill on insurance again once the economy rebounds? Right now, the choice is either you pay for your health care, or your employer does. That makes employer-based health care a big perk, one that makes a job with that employer that much more attractive, and thus worth the expense to the employer. But when the choice changes to either your employer pays, or the government does, suddenly it becomes much less of a perk. Why would the employer go to the kind of expense necessary to provide its employees mere expanded coverage if there's a government safety net in place?

 
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