Surprise! The box of chocolates has another soured-cream bite!
In a long-awaited interpretation of the new health care law, the Obama administration said Monday that employers must offer health insurance
to employees and their children, but will not be subject to any
penalties if family coverage is unaffordable to workers. --JustOneMinute quoting NYT
In other words,
The gist is that employers are not obliged to weigh a worker's family
status in deciding his total compensation, which makes sense - because
the family insurance can cost an extra $10,000 per year, an employer
would have a strong incentive to avoid family guys and gals when hiring
for lower paying jobs.
Unfortunately, this means that a stay-at-home spouse becomes a
tremendous financial burden due to lost federal subsidies; the employed
partner's income can make the couple ineligible for Medicaid but the
federal subsidy for health insurance may not be available either.
Nice.
Stay at home spouses typically don't need much medical care as they are shrouded and rarely leave the homes of their evangelical overlords. Besides, they are too busy home schooling their barefoot children and are forbidden from working outside the compound.
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