My EQ secretary has a GED and a job at a local pizza hut. He was informed that due to the ACA, hours are being cut and he would no longer receive the previously employer provided insurance, but would be able to pay for the new plan which runs him about 9%
It is a troubling position as his wife is 7 months pregnant.
And of course, you believe this horse crap? Even if true, the coverage he will receive under the new plan is likely to be far more beneficial than what he's getting now. My best friend works at Lockheed, and makes nearly $100k. His wife had a baby two weeks ago, just after my wife had hers. My wife had a C-section done, was in the hospital four days, and in the end the bill was just over $21,000. Guess how much of that I had to pay. Zero. No deductible. Nada. Now my buddy wasn't so fortunate. His wife had a natural birth and was in the hospital just two days. Yet, after co-pays and deductibles, he is responsible for paying more than $2,500 for his wife's pregnancy. My point? Not all employer based insurance is created equal. Now if a guy working in IT for a multi-billion dollar corporation like Lockheed is getting the short end of the stick in health benefits, then just what kind of benefits do you think a guy is getting at Pizza Hut?
Now, I happen to have experience with this. I managed a Pizza Hut twenty years ago, and I still know some folks in the business. The insurance packages offered to those in management positions are hardly any better than those offered to their delivery drivers and kitchen staff. The real difference is that coverage goes from 50% to 80% with a slightly smaller deductible, which was still pretty outrageous.
The logic of that article is faulty because it assumes companies, particularly those complaining about having to pay for insurance, will actually choose to buy
more expensive packages, so that their employees won't be willing to sign up for them. That's a huge gamble which makes no sense.
medicaid is only for those making $16k or less.
But that's only if they are single. If they have a kid or married, they're eligible for medicaid if they make just under $21,000, which is more than what most Pizza Hut employees make, even some assistant managers. If they're married and have a kid, they're eligible if they make $26,000. If they're married with two kids, suddenly they're eligible up to $31,000, which is about what a store manager makes. Chances are, your friend qualifies.
So who are these single people working at Pizza Hut? Teens trying to pay for school? If they're under the age of 26, thanks to Obamacare they're eligible for coverage under their parent's insurance. I don't know too many single, non-parents working at Pizza hut over the age of 26. Do you?
Ultimately, you have to fudge the numbers and be highly selective in order to conjure up some rare instance to support your blanket claim that Obamacare is going to cost people more in general. That's absolute nonsense. You're doing the same thing that idiot did two weeks ago when he said premiums were going to be 164% higher in California!