I agree that healthcare and employment should be decoupled, but it would then increase individual taxes, which is poison to Republicans. All our significant com

I agree that healthcare and employment should be decoupled, but it would then increase individual taxes, which is poison to Republicans. All our significant competitor nations have nationalized healthcare/insurance (NHCI). Thus, the existence of NHCI alone doesn't give us a disadvantage over such nations. You could argue that HOW we do NHCI is no good, but that's a long and thorny side discussion.