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If healthcare is decoupled from employment, as the comment chain suggests, what benefit is tied in with full-time employment. We should be seeking to decouple b
by tathougies 7y ago
If healthcare is decoupled from employment, as the comment chain suggests, what benefit is tied in with full-time employment. We should be seeking to decouple benefits from employment not solidifying the arrangement.
What protections does employment have? Hopefully very little.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoI am entirely happy to revisit employment arrangements....once universal healthcare has been delivered, and not a moment sooner. It is an atomic commit.
- bhupy 7y agoAnd I am entirely happy to revisit universal healthcare once employment arrangements are fixed, and not a moment sooner. It is an atomic commit, after all. This line of uncompromising thinking is not really constructive.
- toomuchtodo 7y agoYou want to pull out one of the few safety nets left for American citizens (employment benefits) without providing for healthcare needs. Sometimes compromise isn’t possible. Whomever comes with the most leverage wins. I acknowledge my side needs additional leverage. Maybe that’s COVID, maybe that’s the ensuing global recession.
- tathougies 7y agoEmployment benefits aren't a safety net though. They're not even universally required, and are completely up to the employment contract.
- fzeroracer 7y agoFirst you solve decoupling healthcare from employment, then you can loosen things around the gig economy. Going the other way around is massively unethical considering the state of healthcare in this country and the dependence on employment for health benefits.
- tathougies 7y agoA gig economy doesn't need anything loosened. It's a natural part of a free society in which parties can engage in contracts.