The Dental Floss Health Care Plan?

21 Nov
2009

I stopped by Evoworx headquarters last night to say congrats to Aaron Goldfeder and Scott Case on reaching the one-year anniversary of their startup, EnergySavvy.com.

On the wall next to feature post-it notes, I noticed the official Evoworx Health Insurance Plan (see photo above).   Very funny!   But this made me think.   Highly accomplished, talented people leave their jobs, take significant pay cuts and invest in building a new company (in this case, one that helps consumers save on energy and therefore the environment) and yet are not able to offer comprehensive health care coverage for their employees.  Why can’t entrepreneurs who sacrifice and invest in the future of the country be given a break for health care coverage?

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  • I knew I shouldn't have posted a politically oriented post because I knew I might be tempted to respond to comments and then be in way over my head.

    Tony - yeah, but don't you think that startups are the future of our country? I mean, my friend's startup is trying to save the environment, and the payoff period is long...and he needs to compete against companies that are later stage and already profitable and can therefore afford health care plans. So, if it looks like an investment anyway, why not have the govt "invest" in the private sector startups via healthcare versus bailing out big banks for example?

    Harry - not dictate, but give the option. I agree...congress should eat its own dogfood :)

    Ken - wow, tough to argue with that...invest in startups, or our children? Hmm.
  • Ken
    Tech entrepreneurs are not even close to the most disadvantaged class when it comes to health care in this country. Put them in line behind 8+ million uninsured children.
  • Harry Snyder
    I don't think the government should dictate what benefits a company gives no matter what the company does. I've always given good benefits to employees. However, if an employer decides not to give health benefits, then the employees can make their own decisions on what to do. And on a related note: If we truly want reform in social security and medicare, then we need to take away Congress' retirement benefits and make them rely on both. Guaranteed they'd start getting creative.
  • As a founder of a 5 (soon to be 6!) person startup who is spending a lot on a solid health care plan for our team, I resoundingly say "NO!"

    Being "given a break" means that someone subsidizes it. If it's the government, every break-dollar requires them to collect $2 tax dollars (copious government overhead).

    We have a 1.5 TRILLION dollar deficit right now. I'd really prefer that our government sort that out rather than start giving away tax dollars to people who don't NEED it. If we get into the game of giving a break to people who better society, where do we stop? Teachers? Doctors? Architects? Social Workers? Psychologists? Researchers?

    Even if we DO get into that game, there are a lot of people who probably ought to be in line in front of entrepreneurs.
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