ACA Backlash

I totally agree with the concept of health care.  I applaud this administrations efforts.  However, at the very core of it all we still have a for-profit system which is in direct contradiction to the Hippocratic Oath. 

Something has got to give.

Employers are figuring out that it's so much easier to dump their company sponsored health plans and send their employees to the exchange despite the so-called measures in attempt to deter that.  It's especially true of employers with a transient work force base like retail and restaurants where turnover is frequent. 

The problem is that once the employees are left to fend for themselves in obtaining health insurance many are shocked at the premiums -- even at the exchange price -- and opt just to go without it.  Why should they pay for something that they can get for free at the emergency room?  Most people are living paycheck to paycheck and the addition of a chunk of cash to pay for health insurance is the straw that broke the camel's back.   

This does not bode well for those who are insured and paying premiums.  Hospitals are not giving away their services for free.  The insurance companies just go after those who have been paying all along by raising premiums. 

We can't continue to have free emergency room system unless those in the medical profession are willing to work for free.  I have no idea what the solution is.