tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post8007361680836825739..comments2023-12-08T12:50:34.303-08:00Comments on W.C. Varones: Obama lied, your current health care coverage diedW.C. Varoneshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17663570682958847976noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-66064958386301888812010-05-07T16:14:19.242-07:002010-05-07T16:14:19.242-07:00One might ask why AT&T offered health insuranc...One might ask why AT&T offered health insurance prior to the passage of the legislation, when there was no mandate instead of the current weak mandate? To attract quality employees, of course. So the real calculus goes like this, now that there is a government plan, how unhappy would it make AT&T's employees to be dumped into that government plan. Two variables are at play, first the opportunity cost to cover employees went from $2.4 billion to $1.8 billion. The other variable is that employees go from a situation where they might be covered by their employer, or not at all, to situation where they are covered by their employer or by a government plan. I think we lack the data to understand how this calculus will play out.<br /><br />By the way, none of this is a defense of Obamacare. The fact that big companies are considering this move is a sure sign that bill is already a failure in some way.B-Daddyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13880092017105841256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-17059847314762667512010-05-07T12:47:45.081-07:002010-05-07T12:47:45.081-07:00Wow - who knew rushing complicated and sweeping ov...Wow - who knew rushing complicated and sweeping overhauls of extremely expansive legislation might be riddled with unintended consequences.Super Flynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-44986696856457053592010-05-07T06:40:38.238-07:002010-05-07T06:40:38.238-07:00Could be a nice back door way of getting that sing...Could be a nice back door way of getting that single payer program approved and off the ground at some point in the near future, eh?<br /><br />Chicago politicians - just gotta love 'em.<br /><br />JeffAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9619963.post-65124506334888125172010-05-07T03:37:07.432-07:002010-05-07T03:37:07.432-07:00Well that was the point of the legislation - to pu...Well that was the point of the legislation - to push us to single payer. The public option is there to catch us when the employer cuts us loose.<br /><br />Oh wait, the public options out....<br /><br />Interesting. The educated classes went out and voted for this guy, now we get buyers remorse.<br /><br />The people have spoken and now they must suffer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com