Comment by PaulDavisThe1st
20 days ago
Not to me. I did not consider the situation of employed people who still had to pay for their own insurance in my initial response.
20 days ago
Not to me. I did not consider the situation of employed people who still had to pay for their own insurance in my initial response.
And the reason employed people can't choose their own insurance is that they don't get tax deduction then, so they are left at the mercy of their company.
That's misleading. If the company doesn't provide insurance, they can choose whatever insurance they want (it will not be tax deductible, which may impact its affordability).
It's not misleading or ambiguous. As a bystander to this discussion I'm shaking my head wondering whether you are doing this on purpose.
The vast majority of employed people have a single reasonable choice: to take their employers insurance. Anything else would be much more expensive because of lack of deduction. When they change jobs, they are again at the mercy of their (new) employer. Sure there are self-employed folks, and it's different for them, but this thread is not about them. And of course most people with their own insurance choice are self employed precisely because everybody else doesn't really have a choice, which is the whole point.
So, can we please stop with this smoke screen? My popcorn reserves are running low.
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