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Or … at Least as We Currently Know It
By Staff Reporters
The latest Kaiser Health News column bids farewell to employer-sponsored health insurance. It will supposedly erode. And that’s a good thing, according to some experts.
Of Criticisms
The KHN news begins by saying that one of the latest criticisms of the new health overhaul law is that it will encourage employers to stop offering health insurance. And, in fact, it may.
http://www.kaiserhealthnews.org/Columns/2010/May/052710Frakt.aspx
Alternatives Must Exist
According to economist Austin Frakt PhD, we should welcome this, provided the decline in employer coverage is gradual and good alternatives like HSAs, exist. So, there are several advantages to the way in which the new law promotes severing the connection between employment and health insurance.
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Assessment
One of them is that it will make more visible the biggest looming health care problem: costs.
Conclusion
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