re: #316 Targetpractice

The few I’ve confronted about that and questioned as to why employers can’t simply dump the benefits and pay their employees the difference to buy their own insurance have generally all ended up at the same point: Health benefits are a form of “charity,” that it’s something that the employer gives as part of their “religious beliefs” rather than something that is earned. Thus forcing a company like Hobby Lobby to choose to either abide by the mandate or pay the fines is likewise a violation their “beliefs.”

Charity? When I was working in the USA, my (pre-ACA) family health plan cost me more than $300 a month, and that was the lowest available premium. That’s a weird kind of charity.

Are these knuckleheads aware that employers who don’t offer health bennies don’t attract employees? Employee benefits are good business sense, not charitable donations.