Now that the President is reelected, his main accomplishment
of his last four years, Obamacare, is here to stay. Although this isn’t one of
the major concerns of the American public, it is actually a part of the jobs
and economic debate. I have found two videos from the last week about the
health care law one from the day after the election and one that came
yesterday. (Both are from FOX news but as we should know from the health care
bill, what the interviewees are saying is true according to the health care
law).
The first video is an interview with a doctor in New York as
he talks about how the new law will hurt his profession and possibly have an
impact on those who are studying to be in the health profession.
The second video is an interview with a local franchise
owner of a Papa John’s. She had plans to build a new building, however she is
having to layoff four people in order to get under the 50 employee limit so
that she can avoid the taxes that would be imposed if she has more than 50
employees.
I thought that both of these individuals were interesting to
listen to only because it is affecting them directly. As of today, states had
to come up with a state exchange plan or leave it up to the government to take
care of. This issue is a large one. http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2012/11/13/obama-reelected-states-face-quick-deadlines-on-president-health-care-law/
After I heard what the lady said about not being able to
open another business, it personally makes me worried about how many other
companies will have layoffs as well as not hiring anymore employees in order to
avoid this 50 person ceiling.
I also think looking at issues like this and asking the
people it will be directly affecting including doctors and employers is
important because 1) people should know whether or not they’ll get health care
from their employer as well as 2) if their employer will or will not make cuts
in order to keep from paying extra per employee for the health care and 3) we
should know from doctors what they think about the law and how it will affect
their practices.
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