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In response to "right, so the waiver allows the companies to continue to employ people and provide them with health coverage. Why is that a bad thing? -- nm" by decline

What's the point of the mandate in the first place then?

Posted by Strongbad (aka Rambler14) Oct 11 '10, 08:43

If the administration just picks and chooses which people have to follow and which people get an exemption?

Why was ObamaCare allowed to pass with this rule that meant LESS people getting health coverage?

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This probably explains it better than I could, but the mandate that is being waived (for 1 year) is to remove the cap on lifetime coverage - decline Oct 11, 08:53 5
- The end result is a good thing, we agree. - Strongbad Oct 11, 09:04 2
  - Word to your IM. I have my doubts about premiums not going up. I think from what we have seen, they likely will. -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 11, 09:09 1
    - Premiums already go up by outrageous amounts. I typically see 20%-30% increases *each year* for my business - decline Oct 11, 09:13
- ^ this article explains it -- (link) - decline Oct 11, 08:54 1
  - So we are assuming that later the govt will have a better insurance, and the companies will just dumb all their employees onto it? -- nm - James Bond (aka Igor) Oct 11, 09:02
because they had to keep watering it down in a futile attempt at bipartisan compromise. - znufrii Oct 11, 08:45

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