On Thu, 17 Oct 2013 10:49:55 -0400, Nate Nagel
wrote:

On 10/17/2013 09:53 AM, wrote:


I agree. I'm so sick of hearing people whine about how unfair
it is that people with pre-existing conditions and no insurance
can't get coverage or that it's very expensive. It's exactly
as you outline, like buying
fire insurance after the house is already on fire.


I have a friend who quit a job at a big company to buy a small business.
His COBRA payments are killing him, but he can't seem to get insurance
through any other source without jumping through hoops, getting
physicals, etc. He's been rejected outright by at least two companies.
For him, the ACA will undoubtedly be a good thing.

I myself stayed with a big company (same one, actually) longer than I
should have because at the time I was engaged and therefore insurance
etc. was very important to me. I suspect that an unintended side effect
of this will be people being more willing to start small businesses
and/or work for same, because they will now be able to get insurance
much more easily.

The whole idea of the ACA kind of bothers me conceptually, as it does
smack of socialism. But in practice, I have hopes that it will work
better than the system we have now and overall be a positive thing. If
nothing else, my experiences working for large corporations have been
fairly negative, and working for small companies much more positive.
Perhaps removing the fear of being unable to get insurance will actually
help people find more suitable employment...

nate
+1 on that Nate. In spades.