I hate Obamacare as much as the other person, but I honestly don’t know what the problem is here. Why should any company provide spousal benefits to someone who has benefits available from another job or source? Microsoft did this several years ago as a cost cutting measure before Obama was even elected. They were paying millions for non-employees who had benefits available at their current job.
The issue here isn’t that it is being done (see the Microsoft situation you cited) it’s that it’s being done as a direct result/consequence of Obamacare.
So just another thing about the bill that needed to be passes in order for the public to find out what was in it ...
1. Companies are not required to cover spouses whether or not they work.
2. The spouse should be able to choose which policy they want.
3. Having 2 primary insureds makes for higher premiums.
4. having 2 primary insureds makes for higher family deductibles and out of pocket limits.
A $hit sandwich is a $hit sandwich.