Is this really about health care or is a group of large builders trying to squeeze out the little builders. I really don’t know, BUT I can tell you this, it is not about providing health care any more.
Here is an article from the National Association of Home Builders web site
December 21, 2009 – In a rush to pass a massive health care overhaul before Christmas, Senate Democrats have included a last-minute provision targeting the construction industry that is certain to derail the fragile housing recovery and threaten the solvency of countless small home building firms. continued...
I can not think of any reason that this would make sense.
So when something doesn’t make sense, I always ask myself, who is going to gain or forced to lose, you know follow the money.
Well we know that ever contractor with more than 5 employees will definitely lose. They would not be able to grow, can you imagine being in the building business the last couple of years and finally start seeing daylight. You find yourself with some work and cannot hire a sixth person because you couldn’t afford to pay for health care for everyone. How about if one guy cost too much to insure, you would have to let him go to take of the others.
There is no way this is about providing health care for Americans, this is a piling on of the “Fleeing of America”.
What are your thoughts?
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Rob,
I think you are on to something here. This whole bill smells of special interests. Everyone wants the feds to pay for most and the states to pay for a tiny little amount. I ask this: “Where does our government get it’s money?” That’s right, TAXES.
I think it would be nice to know which large home-builders are lobbying for this 5-employee rule to be added to the bill.
I also don’t like how they are trying to regulate what the actual insurance covers. We will be paying for this insurance (on so many different levels) that has certain things it won’t cover? That should be something decided between a patient and a doctor, not by our politicians.
Just my “two-cents worth.”