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Do you really think that new fathers aren't going to enroll their child in health insurance, and take advantage of tax deductions?
by jonathankoren 8y ago
Do you really think that new fathers aren't going to enroll their child in health insurance, and take advantage of tax deductions?
- chongli 8y agoThat doesn't apply here in Canada. If I were a new father in the US, faced with taking a massive pay cut for forced paternity leave, I'd pick up the insurance for my child at retail. Heck, in high pressure firms where anyone taking parental leave is inviting career stagnation or termination (fully justified by having HR set up a paper trail of unsatisfactory performance evaluations), you'd be downright crazy to disclose the birth of your child.
- jonathankoren 8y ago1) We're talking about paid leave. 2) Historically, no one bought insurance on the individual market. It's been absurdly expensive. That was why the individual mandate under Obamacare is/was important. It forced healthy people to buy insurance, and thus drive down the price. 3) It's illegal discriminate based on parental status.