us health care report

[geeker2]

Another large cap company says they are studying transferring those 50 years + out of the Company provided plan and on to an exchange.

It just keeps getting better and better.....

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by geeker2

Another large cap company says they are studying transferring those 50 years + out of the Company provided plan and on to an exchange.

It just keeps getting better and better.....

Well, why not? Drives down costs for company and others in the group. Wonder what the price tag will end up being? They always lowball the price whenever a new plan is suggested. So we already know itll be higher then they said it would be when ohnocare was first voted on.

[geeker2]

Originally Posted by Danzig

Well, why not? Drives down costs for company and others in the group. Wonder what the price tag will end up being? They always lowball the price whenever a new plan is suggested. So we already know itll be higher then they said it would be when ohnocare was first voted on.

It use to be a point of evaluation when you went for employment as to how good their health care benefits were. You could decide for yourself if the healthcare (typically great for large corporations) was worth the lower salary than maybe a smaller company that would give you a better take home.

Now we just have to make it all the same for everyone, otherwise we are being unfair.

What is next - we all have to drive the same car, wear uniforms...probably not- but it does make you stop and wonder where we are heading.

Maybe DEVO was right "Freedom of choice Is what you got - Freedom from choice Is what you want"

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by geeker2;889299[B

]It use to be[/b] a point of evaluation when you went for employment as to how good their health care benefits were. You could decide for yourself if the healthcare (typically great for large corporations) was worth the lower salary than maybe a smaller company that would give you a better take home.

Now we just have to make it all the same for everyone, otherwise we are being unfair.

What is next - we all have to drive the same car, wear uniforms...probably not- but it does make you stop and wonder where we are heading.

Maybe DEVO was right "Freedom of choice Is what you got - Freedom from choice Is what you want"

yeah, a lot of things used to be a certain way.

[Riot]

Originally Posted by geeker2

Another large cap company says they are studying transferring those 50 years + out of the Company provided plan and on to an exchange.

It just keeps getting better and better.....

Uh .. that's a good thing. Is that really too hard to understand? It saves your company lots of money for them to purchase private insurance on the exchange for those more expensive older employees. Then it lowers the cost of the group insurance remaining for the rest of the employees.

I repeat - this is an advantage for companies, it gives employees better insurance at less cost to the company. The company is still buying their insurance. The employee will probably have the same plan with a different name from the same provider.

The govrnment does not provide any insurance on the exchanges. Private companies do.

It won't change their plan. They will get more healthcare, like everyone else. The only thing an exchange is, is a competitive private marketplace for insurance to be purchased by companies and individuals. Think of it as a giant group lowering costs Pure capitalism, baby.