# Obamacares Fate, Votes in Today

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**Created:** [June 28, 2012, 7:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obamacares-fate-votes-in-today/264228 "2012-06-28T07:15:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Cossey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3ec8ea/32.png) [@Cossey](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cossey)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2012, 8:24pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/obamacares-fate-votes-in-today/264228/215 "2012-07-17T20:24:00Z")

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> [@Your top five albums of all time?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/your-top-five-albums-of-all-time/50165/34):
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> The issue is now you have small businesses that provide insurance to their employees at an average cost of $6,000 per year dropping that coverage because the penalty is $2,000. You’re incentivizing businesses to not offer something because the government is just going to pick up the slack. This is what we call a slippery slope.

I didn’t want to jump in on this but here’s the thing:

The company does not NEED to give the employees health insurance right now. They can strip the benefits, and face ZERO penalty.

So you’re saying they have incentives to take away the employee’s insurance when there is a $2000/employee penalty?

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