The "correct" solution is that for every 40 hours of human work a company should be required to pay for a health plan and some number of hours of vacation and time off or get fined. And, if they subcontract, they are responsible for the subcontractor paying that or both get fined.
People with professional degrees and a spouse who pays their healthcare. No big deal. Certify it and document it. Life goes on.
Janitorial company that likes to employ cash off the books. Yeah, that's gonna get hammered.
Someone drives 40 hours for Uber one week, and then goes away for two months. How much health care do they get? Do they get cash or a week of benefits?
How much cash?
Same as the W2 employees but prorated?
Technically even full time W2 employees don't have to get health insurance or paid time off. So what if they company doesn't offer insurance or PTO to their employees. Are they off the hook?
Your system sounds good but unfortunately isn't tenable.
Ironically, if we had single payer healthcare that was funded by taxes, the entire thing would be moot. You'd pay into health care based on what you earned, and you'd get out the same as everyone else.
> Someone drives 40 hours for Uber one week, and then goes away for two months. How much health care do they get? Do they get cash or a week of benefits?
One week of health benefits into the common pool.
I would prefer that the driver get it. I am also okay with it being used to pay for the healthcare of the indigent who show up at an emergency room (which is what the driver will present as, eventually).
> Technically even full time W2 employees don't have to get health insurance
Huh? Your employer doesn't have to provide it. But I'm pretty sure that people being required to carry health insurance was one of the provisions of the ACA. I have to file a form with my taxes showing coverage. Has that changed?
> Ironically, if we had single payer healthcare that was funded by taxes, the entire thing would be moot.
This is misdirection.
That doesn't solve the fact that Uber and Lyft drivers are being paid below minimum wage. That ALSO needs to be fixed.
> Huh? Your employer doesn't have to provide it. But I'm pretty sure that people being required to carry health insurance was one of the provisions of the ACA. I have to file a form with my taxes showing coverage. Has that changed?
Congress passed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which eliminated the individual mandate penalty, effective January 1, 2019
People with professional degrees and a spouse who pays their healthcare. No big deal. Certify it and document it. Life goes on.
Janitorial company that likes to employ cash off the books. Yeah, that's gonna get hammered.
Uber and Lyft--certify it or get out.