Yeah, a good biz/owner perspective for a guy who is trying to continue to provide premium h/c insurance.

-XC

mk:

Having healthcare provided by the employer is a terrible idea, because healthcare needs have nothing to do with what labor provides. Of course, Obamacare won't fix the problem as it doesn't do anything substantive about costs. Just allowing Medicare to negotiate drug prices when purchasing would save ~$50B a year.

My guess is that Obamacare is a poison pill to force a public option, basically buying Medicare coverage out-of-pocket. It won't be what you want if you can afford better, but it will be far better than being uninsured now (which means you pay far more than insurance companies do for the same service).

I have a decent job at a healthcare provider, and my costs have just gone up and up for the last decade at a rate that defies logic. It's not like Obamacare is going to ruin something good. The whole system is fucked and getting worse. I think Obamacare is basically making sure that we are all fucked together, and hoping then we will be forced to actually fix the real problem, which is the insane costs.


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