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Vox: Why losing your employer health coverage is good news

Indeed.

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Back in 2011 Sarah Kliff wrote this about the effects of Obamacare:

The cost of switching to an insurance exchange

For the employer, dropping coverage is a pretty decent deal: A company would see its health care costs reduced by over 40 percent. They don’t drop to zero, however, since the employer would still be on the hook for the fines that come along with not offering coverage.

But for the employee, it’s a pretty lousy deal. Lockton ran the numbers, using data on how much employers pay for health insurance now and how much health insurance on the exchanges is projected to cost.They found that employers foot a significantly larger chunk of the insurance bill than the federal government would, even with the new subsidies they’d receive. The firm predicts their premiums would increase anywhere from 79 to 125 percent if they lose employer coverage and have to go to the exchange. There’s such a big variation because exchange subsidies vary by income: Those who earn less are eligible for a larger subsidy.

But today…

Sarah Kliff’s new outlook on low wage employees losing their insurance coverage.

There are obvious benefits to getting health insurance at work. For one, employer-sponsored insurance is not taxed, meaning that every dollar of compensation provided as medical coverage stretches further. Individual market plans, meanwhile, are purchased with post-tax dollars. The only way to get in on the tax exemption is to buy coverage at work.

But for low-wage workers, Obamacare  has introduced a new and big drawback to the employer  insurance. Namely, anybody who gets access to affordable coverage at work is barred from getting subsidies through the new exchanges. This is even true for people who don’t buy insurance at work; just the act of getting offered employer coverage blocks individuals from using getting financial help.

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https://twitter.com/Mr_Sterling/status/519680169250787328

https://twitter.com/TarheelKrystle/status/519681297128513538

https://twitter.com/TarheelKrystle/status/519683767342866434

https://twitter.com/KeviKev10/status/519683641203363841

http://twitter.com/theshoebart/status/519682703772225536

If only.

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