And watch out for that meteor that is about to hit your head too Michael ;-)
I don't smoke (asthma). No sugar for me (I am a diabetic). No illicit drugs. Yeah I get the fats, but I limit my carbs (carbs turn into sugar...so back to the diabetic thing). So much for that theory bud ;-) What I worry about is being able to afford my meds and not have to worry about going bankrupt if I have to go to the hospital. As someone who does mostly contract work, I don't have access to an employer sponsored plan most of the time (On occasion, the consulting companies that I work through offer a bottom of the barrel plan...but all the parameters reset every time I start a new contract as I rarely work through the same company twice in a row). Currently I am doing an independent contract. So, no chance of insurance there. I do get most of my care through the VA as I am a disabled vet, but if there is an emergency, I have to go to a regular hospital as the VAMC is about an hour away. Prior to this bill passing, I couldn't get my own insurance since I have diabetes and asthma. There already is a limit on the total number of hours an employee can work in the labor laws as you have to have a certain amount of hours between shifts and can only work a certain number of days. Eric -----Original Message----- From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, March 24, 2010 1:26 PM To: cf-community Subject: Re: For those wondering about the immediate effects of the health care bill Healthy employees? So no programming for 36 hours straight. No mainlining coffee? No cigarettes, sugar, fats, salt, carbs, or whatever else has been banned as not being good for you? A happy programmer is one with sugar on call, games on stress, and a cot in the corner. Watch the next law limit the amount of overtime you're allowed to clock or the amount of total hours worked at a job per week. -- Michael Dinowitz On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 1:51 PM, G Money <[email protected]> wrote: > > It makes good business sense to have happy, which means HEALTHY, employees. > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 12:28 PM, Judah McAuley <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> All the small businesses I know *want* to provide health insurance for >> their employees but it is financially very difficult to do so. Maybe >> you are a total asshole but the businesses I've started have tried to >> make sure that their employees are well taken care of, healthy, and >> not fretting about what will happen if their kids get sick. >> >> You are a real shithead Sam. >> >> On Wed, Mar 24, 2010 at 10:13 AM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> > How is that helping small business? >> > >> > Forcing business to provide insurance but giving them 35% doesn't really >> help. >> >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:313858 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
