I’m reading this story and thinking to myself, is this a good thing? Is this the real intention of the Affordable Care Act? Is this behavior people want to subsidize?
During the debate on Obamacare there was a lot of talk about job lock where people couldn’t move to a better job for fear of losing health insurance or when full-time work to keep health insurance was a problem for child care and family issues. But now the decision is not merely stopping work or cutting back on hours, it is all made easier not only because health insurance is available and guaranteed, but because taxpayers are subsiding personal choices that may or may not be better for the country as a whole.
One has to wonder why she had to quit her job to explore other careers, at least this one does. Is this another example of enabling people to make personal decisions at others expense? Just askin‼️
Was all this the desired outcome or more unintended consequences?
Oh by the way, do you know how much you pay for your employer-based health insurance? I bet you don’t.
What is your opinion of this consequence of Obamacare❓ ✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️✏️
Alicia Donner left her job with an environmental nonprofit last month, a move that cost her employer-sponsored health coverage.
But the 27-year-old from Wilkinsburg wasn’t worried — she enrolled in a health plan through the online marketplace established under the Affordable Care Act. …
For Donner, the ability to pick up federally subsidized health insurance made her decision to quit working full time and explore other careers less stressful.
“It was just time for a change,” she said. “And being able to get a health plan made me realize it was time for change, and I would be OK without a full-time job for a while.”
Donner said the coverage on the federal exchange costs about $140 a month after a $60 subsidy. She couldn’t recall how much she paid for health insurance under her former employer’s plan.
The Congressional Budget Office in February predicted that many Americans would choose to work less because they no longer relied on an employer for health insurance. The CBO report estimated a decline of 2 million full-time-equivalent jobs in 2017.
“The estimated reduction stems almost entirely from a net decline in the amount of labor that workers choose to supply, rather than from a net drop in businesses’ demand for labor,” the report stated….
Source: http://triblive.com/business/headlines/6642912-74/health-enrollment-coverage#axzz3B7yn7msp
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