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> You're not a soulless resource that can be used and tossed whenever your boss pleases Once healthcare is tied to employment, that is exactly what people are.
by grecy 5y ago
> You're not a soulless resource that can be used and tossed whenever your boss pleases
Once healthcare is tied to employment, that is exactly what people are.
- loftyal 5y agoKind of ironic isn't it, the people against universal medicare are the same ones spouting "freedom", but infact universal medicare would give them more real individual freedom than any other bills sent to the Senate these days.
- concordDance 5y agoThe USA system is particularly broken. Just because healthcare is private doesn't mean it needs to be ruinously expensive, most other countries manage.
- loftyal 5y agoMost other countries provide universal health care, private health insurance is optional.
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- beckman466 5y ago> Once healthcare is tied to employment, that is exactly what people are. Yep, and this marvelous US productivity hack by employers and lawmakers (/s) - of making affordable healthcare conditional to employment - is unfortunately growing around the world. Parallel to this move is the continued commodification of most other resources and relationships.
- lotsofpulp 5y agoIn the US, anyone can buy the same health insurance from healthcare.gov. However, if you are not self employed, then you will have to pay with post tax dollars as opposed to pretax dollars. Employers do pay a portion (usual 50% or more) of the health insurance premiums, but these days it is just another form of compensation, worth somewhere around $200 to $1,200 per family member per month (pretax). Before ACA, it was true there were cases you simply could not get health insurance without an employer, as you could be denied for a multitude of reasons.