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The reason for what? I can't even seem to validate the original claims, so...

• rdtsc 10y ago
  >>> . I've heard many small companies could not afford to provide health insurance for their employees after ACA passed ( I don't know the details of exactly the causal chain there ) >> if I were you, I would research that and figure out if it's true or not. > I can't even seem to validate the original claims, so... I was just asking if you knew the reason already or have looked into it.
  • BryantD 10y ago
    Right. I'm saying I don't know if "many small companies could not afford to provide health insurance..." is accurate. I don't know how we're defining small companies (if they're under 25 full time employees, the mandates don't apply). I don't know how we're defining "couldn't afford to." What effects count? Are we saying that the rate of businesses going out of business has increased? Etc., etc. Once there's some data, we can have the perhaps more interesting question of whether or not it's worth it. No question but that increasing the number of people with health insurance costs money and that has to have some effect.
    • rdtsc 10y ago
      Makes sense. Sorry, I think my question sounded snippy. I didn't mean it that way. I ask for opinion here often because I trust users here more than any other online forum.