{"id":128455,"date":"2015-10-28T13:44:14","date_gmt":"2015-10-28T19:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/28\/getting-health-insurance-from-your-employer-is-dumb.html"},"modified":"2015-11-04T23:15:24","modified_gmt":"2015-11-05T06:15:24","slug":"getting-health-insurance-from-your-employer-is-dumb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/28\/getting-health-insurance-from-your-employer-is-dumb.html","title":{"rendered":"Getting health insurance from your employer is dumb"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a world that is increasingly dominated by automation, multiple part-time jobs, and job insecurity, having the major method of obtaining health insurance coverage be via one&#39;s employer is increasingly less viable.<\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, that&#39;s the solution that the US (pretty uniquely) has developed and is saddled with, and it&#39;s a solution that the ACA did very little about. The question is, at what point will there be sufficient social pressure in the electorate to change that?<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"sm2wpreshared\">Originally shared by <a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/101083456815352083930'>+Les Jenkins<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"sm2wp\"><p>\n<a style='display:inline;' href='http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2015\/10\/new-technology-ups-the-need-for-universal-healthcare\/'><br \/>\n<img src='https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/proxy\/yw-o4NgfMMok643VLsMx7sl2WDLeRBSziezkmQfTQHcpZg1KmjHklab9KatPJwQH2sBI-03iLjqM7Ouy1HaMIBKA9sabGitp_7r0rqHBEBbI1mCsTJo_j253vA=w506-h910' border='0' style='max-width:650px;'\/><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<span style='font-size:large;'><a href='http:\/\/arstechnica.com\/science\/2015\/10\/new-technology-ups-the-need-for-universal-healthcare\/'>New technology ups the need for universal healthcare<\/a><\/span><br \/>\nExperts debate whether robots will take all jobs, but they agree big changes lie ahead.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><span style='font-size:small;'><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/+DaveHill47\/posts\/1CzKPyudVj6'>View on Google+<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a world that is increasingly dominated by automation, multiple part-time jobs, and job insecurity, having the major method of obtaining health insurance coverage be via one&#39;s employer is increasingly less viable. Unfortunately, that&#39;s the solution that the US (pretty uniquely) has developed and is saddled with, and it&#39;s a solution that the ACA did &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2015\/10\/28\/getting-health-insurance-from-your-employer-is-dumb.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Getting health insurance from your employer is dumb&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106,134],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-128455","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts","category-health-care"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":133738,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/06\/27\/why-should-i-worry-i-have-health-insurance-through-my-employer.html","url_meta":{"origin":128455,"position":0},"title":"&quot;Why should I worry? I have health insurance through my employer!&quot;","author":"***Dave","date":"Tue 27-Jun-17 2:59pm","format":false,"excerpt":"It seems a lot of folk are blase about the risks of the Senate's AHCA because, hey, the only folk being hurt are those freeloaders on Medicaid, amirite?Except the CBO also noted that 4 million additional Americans would lose health coverage from their employers, too, since the ACA mandate around\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":133395,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2017\/05\/03\/the-ahca-affects-not-just-individual-buyers-but-employee-health-plans-too.html","url_meta":{"origin":128455,"position":1},"title":"The AHCA affects not just individual buyers, but employee health plans, too","author":"***Dave","date":"Wed 3-May-17 2:52pm","format":false,"excerpt":"Looking at the currently proposed state \"opt out\" provisions in the Republican health insurance reform, the Brookings Institution finds that it not only impacts individual insurance purchasers, but could have a significant impact on employer-provided health insurance as well, as employers and\/or health insurance companies seize on the \"least common\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;~PlusPosts&quot;","block_context":{"text":"~PlusPosts","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/category\/blogging\/plusposts"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":27244,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/03\/25\/the-health-care-insurance-mandate.html","url_meta":{"origin":128455,"position":2},"title":"The Health Care insurance mandate","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 25-Mar-12 11:08am","format":false,"excerpt":"Y'know, if we just called it a tax, then all of this \"I cannot be compelled to buy something against my will!\" complaining would be beside the point. 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