New Health Exchanges vs. McDonald’s Health Insurance
Over at Balloon Juice, E.D. Kain compares the numbers and finds that the new health exchanges are a much better deal than the health insurance offered under the golden arches, insurance that the restaurant will reportedly have to dump due to provisions in the Affordable Care Act. Boiled down to a paper-thin but extra-greasy hamburger patty: McDonald’s tossing out their healthcare benefits won’t be such a tragedy for its employees. E.D. says, “And if I were a McDonald’s employee, I’d be hoping against hope that I could lose the crappy mini-med plans and get onto an exchange as quickly as possible.” Of course, being a step up from McDonald’s quality isn’t exactly a heart-filled endorsement, though it may prove healthier for the heart.
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Exactly. The scandal of under-insurance is widely prevalent among the working poor. Not only is this ignorant, but the Republicans are smugly campaigning for a repeal of healthcare reform, all the while promising to tilt the tax code toward the rich.
You know, if the new healthcare law does lead employers to drop coverage this might be a way around the sticky wages problem.
At the same time, no reaction from the Pro-Life crowd about the Republican proposals to repeal health care reform and replace it with a more pro-abortion system. Tax credits and vouchers that can be used to buy private health insurance with whatever benefits the purchaser wills (abortion?) even if there state prohibits abortion policies as they open up cross state purchasing.