Not Just Insurance Is at Stake

The Wall Street Journal ^ | June 21, 2012 | Janet Adamy

[SoothingDave]

I’m not defending the law, just stating the obvious. You should not be mystified that refrigerators exist and exist in the workplace.

[KeyLargo]

The Economy Will Get A Boost If The Court Overturns ObamaCare

Sat, 06/23/2012 - 3:31pm | eightieserin

The Obama administration launched a pre-emptive ad blitz on June 19, touting the Obama health law’s benefits days before the U.S. Supreme Court will announce its ruling on ObamaCare’s constitutionality. The ads claim there’s a lot to lose if the law is struck down. But they say nothing about the hiring boom that will result from an ObamaCare defeat. It would give the economy a shot in the arm.

If the justices rule that mandatory health insurance is unconstitutional, they will also strike down a big chunk of the health law — all of Title 1 — including the burdensome “Employer Responsibility” provision that has struck fear in the hearts of employers and deterred hiring.

Beginning in 2014, the “Employer Responsibility” provision would require employers with 50 or more workers to provide health coverage or pay a penalty. Not just any coverage, but a package of expensive benefits that the president deems “essential.”

In most states, that requirement would add $1.79 per hour to the cost of a full-time employee. That would amount to the biggest hike in labor costs in American history. Employers in New York and New Jersey, where health plans are the most expensive, would be hit even harder....

http://illinoisteaparty.net/content/economy-will-get-boost-if-court-overturns-obamacare

[Conscience of a Conservative]

The first six words of this article are all you need to read to realize how broad the Affordable Care Act really is. It is not just ObamaCare and tanning taxes. It is lactation rooms, which create a whole new industry for "lactation consultants", who's very livelihood advising corporations on how and where to implement lactation rooms, would be threatened if ObamaCare was overturned completely.

That's not what a lactation consultant does. Lactation consultants advice lactating women (not corporations), often those who are having trouble breastfeeding for whatever reason. ObamaCare didn't "create" lactation consultants.

[goodwithagun]

Breast milk is safe at room temp for up to eight hours. Most pumps come with freezer packs, keeping everything cool until home refrigeration.

[magellan]

That's not what a lactation consultant does. Lactation consultants advice lactating women (not corporations), often those who are having trouble breastfeeding for whatever reason. ObamaCare didn't "create" lactation consultants.

Well, I have no doubt there are consultants who are hired by corporations to tell them where to put lactation rooms, etc.

Those are the only "lactation consultants" who would be impacted by ObamaCare. If a mother wanted lactation advice, she would need that even if ObamaCare was overturned completely. And lactation consultants would have about as much reason to be included in an article on ObamaCare as plastic surgeons.

That said, if a woman has trouble lactating, she needs to see her doctor. She may need to pump breast milk. If she cannot produce enough breast milk, she will need to replace or augment breast milk with formula.

Regardless, a "lactation consultant" sounds like a racket. The production of milk is a a hormonally driven event in women who have just delivered, and the ability to suckle a teat is instinctual in an infant. If feeding an infant was a significant problem, the human race would not be here today.