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What does that have to do with anything? If dropping prices is what it takes to compete on the world market, Steve Forbes says they would. My issue is that people who buy those products are paying for the employees insurance. Some of those people will be paying for mandated medical insurance out of their own pockets so they would be paying for their own and helping to pay for the insurance of those who have employer provided insurance. They are paying for their own plus those freeloading rich folks with employer provided insurance.
Wow..My employeer pays for part of my insurance and that makes me a freeloading rich person?
Steve Forbes is just trying to maximize his profit... cause the truth of it is that if he didn't have to provide health insurance then his workers will have to provide it which means he would have to increase their salary... there is no difference between paying now or later, he still ends up paying it... what he is trying to do is push that burden on other people... Citizens pay the most taxes in this country... its a shame that corporatism is alive as ever...
Employer provided health coverage is a scam. Employers were never meant to be the provider. This system became popularized by auto unions. They were making money hand over fist so it wasn't an issue. This is a different era. Insurance companies are giving employers double digit increases annually. Employers cannot keep up. This country must save itself and go to a single payer system.
Why? Why would you even bring something like that up?
Why should you freeload on the backs of everyone else? If your employer wants to make sure you can afford insurance, he can pay you more. But once all the cost of insurance comes out of your pocket, you will start thinking of ways to reduce costs. Only then will we have true reform.
Freeloading? How is employer based health insurance freeloading on the backs of everyone else? Its part of our pay, just like paid sick days and vacation time. No different.
Employer provided health coverage is a scam. Employers were never meant to be the provider. This system became popularized by auto unions. They were making money hand over fist so it wasn't an issue. This is a different era. Insurance companies are giving employers double digit increases annually. Employers cannot keep up. This country must save itself and go to a single payer system.
And yet somehow companies like Procter& Gamble are making a good profit while providing good benefits and retirement programs.
And yet somehow companies like Procter& Gamble are making a good profit while providing good benefits and retirement programs.
No matter which health care system we go with either the consumer or the tax payers are going to pay. We cannot afford for the tax payer to pay during a recession. That is common sense.
No matter which health care system we go with either the consumer or the tax payers are going to pay. We cannot afford for the tax payer to pay during a recession. That is common sense.
Of course some taxpayers can pay more than others.....namely the top 10%.
Of course some taxpayers can pay more than others.....namely the top 10%.
Life is not fair, and I do not believe in penolizing people who do well, but I do believe in getting rid of the loopoles that keep them from paying their fair share.
Employer provided health coverage is a scam. Employers were never meant to be the provider. This system became popularized by auto unions. They were making money hand over fist so it wasn't an issue. This is a different era. Insurance companies are giving employers double digit increases annually. Employers cannot keep up. This country must save itself and go to a single payer system.
Medical insurance shouldn't be tied to your job. Period. My auto insurance isn't.
You can't equate auto insurance to medical insurance.
Auto insurance is there to protect the other guy against damage, not you. Plus, you don't use your auto insurance as you do your health insurance. You don't charge your auto insurance for oil changes, tire rotation, and basic maintenance.
You do not HAVE to buy auto insurance if you don't drive or own a car.
Medical insurance insures you.
You are mandated to buy medical insurance regardless. Even if you don't need it.
Get it?
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