The reason why businesses are getting a delay in the mandate is because it is so much more complicated to comply from the business side. The criteria to establish whether or not they are a "large" or "small" employer alone would make your head spin.
The healthcare is no different than what you would get if you worked for a big employer and participated in a group plan. It's the same health insurance companies administrating and the same doctors/hospitals/clinics providing the care.
Young people in general WILL need the insurance the least. But no one can guarantee they will enjoy good health, and that's the point. I carried health insurance I never used or needed for decades. Now I'm older and still healthy, but I cannot obtain health insurance any longer as a sole proprietor of a small business. What's the fairness in that? I can still get smushed by a tree on my property, trip and fall or get brain cancer. (So can a young person, incidentally.) Now that I have the most at risk, THAT'S when I can't get insurance? Horrible system.
The healthcare is no different than what you would get if you worked for a big employer and participated in a group plan. It's the same health insurance companies administrating and the same doctors/hospitals/clinics providing the care.
Young people in general WILL need the insurance the least. But no one can guarantee they will enjoy good health, and that's the point. I carried health insurance I never used or needed for decades. Now I'm older and still healthy, but I cannot obtain health insurance any longer as a sole proprietor of a small business. What's the fairness in that? I can still get smushed by a tree on my property, trip and fall or get brain cancer. (So can a young person, incidentally.) Now that I have the most at risk, THAT'S when I can't get insurance? Horrible system.
