re: #412 JustMyView

I don’t think that’s the way it works. If your employer doesn’t provide health insurance, he or she pays an 8% fine. You’re on your own, and you can buy insurance from a private company or through a plan administered by the government.

Maybe someone on this board can clarify, but that was my understanding. If you are a minimum wage employee, and your employer drops health coverage, you are not going to be able to afford to buy your own insurance. It was my understanding that the 8% payed for those people to be in the government plan.