tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824345661289105799.post3141439198440685368..comments2023-11-03T08:36:09.683-05:00Comments on Brooks Wilson's Economics Blog: Shughart on Healthcare ReformBrooks M. Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17097849558228531431noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824345661289105799.post-102840193370069382011-09-02T09:47:45.932-05:002011-09-02T09:47:45.932-05:00The ones that do have health care it amazes me the...The ones that do have health care it amazes me they don't use it as they should. That health care that your job provides for you is part of your benefit package.If your employer is providing it at no cost to you then you should be using it. The insurance companies that are raising the rates to run off a number of the older generation should be ashamed of themselves. I paid for my health care for years then when I hit 50 they raised the rates so high I couldn't afford to keep it.If the shop owner had to have paid for everyone's insurance it would have amounted to around 3k a month and that is a small business with only 4 employees. He would have shut his doors. A lot of small businesses if forced to pay for health care will end up closing down they won't have a choice. Between the taxes and insurance the profit margin in most small businesses wouldn't cover the cost. Small businesses are what make up the United States. It isn't the big companies. When they shut down of course the unemployment will go up, as well as other welfare agencies in positions to help the unemployed. Instead of taxing these businesses to death they need to give them more incentives to open their doors and keep them open. <br /><br />Some big companies are offered a lot of incentives to move into an area including tax cuts, energy cuts and other offerings by the cities and in some cases the state. They need to offer more for the smaller businesses also.It makes up the heart of the United States and slowly they are being destroyed.Bea Loeschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384142101589732637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6824345661289105799.post-4468432659033944332011-09-01T22:43:17.334-05:002011-09-01T22:43:17.334-05:00I have no health care. I was paying 350.00 a month...I have no health care. I was paying 350.00 a month for my health care and when Obama took office the insurance companies started dropping their smaller businesses. There were only two of us on a group policy and both of us over 50. Scott and White grabbed up the opportunity to offer us our insurance for 750 a month, double what we were paying. There was no way I could take advantage of the opportunity cost they were offering me. It was impossible to give up 750.00 a month for insurance. I feel like small businesses are being raped already by the high taxes and then add this sort of insurance cost the number of small businesses is going to decline. Of course this is only my opinion.Bea Loeschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15384142101589732637noreply@blogger.com