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Above the Fold July 3, 2012
 
It used to be a mandate
It used to be a mandate
By Calvin Woodward
It looks like a tax, smells like a tax, and the Supreme Court says it must be a tax. But politicians in both parties are squirming over how to define the Thing in President Barack Obama's health care law that requires people to pay up if they don't get health insurance…Read more
Today's News
Most sectors still plan to provide health coverage
By Kathryn Mayer
Though there are many differing reactions among US business sectors to the Supreme Court ruling on the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and a lot of speculation as to changes businesses will make in response, at least one survey paints a rosier picture…Read more
Re-election drives Obama's legacy
By Ben Feller
Presidents live in a world of wins and losses quickly forgotten. Rarely are they presented with the kind of defining moment that President Barack Obama experienced when the Supreme Court upheld his health care law…Read more
90 percent of retirees confident they can cover health care costs
By David A. Lieb
A Nationwide Financial survey suggests retirees with a quarter-million dollars in household assets feel they are prepared to cover their future health care needs…Read more

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The Pulse
Jenny Ivy
Game time
By Jenny Ivy
For HR pros, things are starting to pile up. And little by little, they'll have to confront the administrative and financial burdens of providing health coverage. It's a commitment many employers are making even as we're a mere 18 months from the most crucial health care reform regulations…Read more
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Think about people quitting work because they don't need to get insurance through their employer a bit deeper. The indication in your article is that this isn't an issue because people are voluntary quitting and not getting fired or laid off. Think about it - they moving from being a self reliant, employed, and productive taxpaying citizen to someone who is unemployed and reliant on the government for subsidy to pay for their insurance. Not only does what they pay in for taxes go down due to being unemployed, they also go on the receiving end of government assistance for insurance - it is a lose-lose for society.

-- Ins Guy, Reform claims fact check

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