tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post1563455360573383867..comments2024-03-10T13:59:19.230-04:00Comments on xpostfactoid: Is employer-sponsored insurance superior to ACA marketplace plans? For whom?Andrew Sprunghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17601269968798865106noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8512362.post-89957538337327416742016-04-06T05:54:42.527-04:002016-04-06T05:54:42.527-04:00Two comments, one specific and one general:
1. Yo...Two comments, one specific and one general:<br /><br />1. You did leave out the low-income workers who are caught in the 'family glitch,' as well as those caught in the 'Medicaid glitch' in the non-expansion states.<br /><br />Adding in those groups would complicate the whole analysis, I grant you.<br /><br />2. You correctly show how the ACA has chipped away at the problem of private welfare states in America.<br /><br />As described by Jacob Hacker and others, a subset of American workers enjoy good health insurance and pensions, but a large and growing number get nothing of the sort.<br /><br />So the unspoken theme of Democratic programs for 50 years has been to create a public welfare state for the left-out.<br /><br />My gripe about the ACA (which you have heard before) is that it stopped way too low in its expansion of benefits.bob.hertzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09686373408419885558noreply@blogger.com