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Perhaps our factories in the US need to take a hint from Foxconn. "Foxconn-run health centers right on campus" - sounds like a great way to reduce health-insura
by sargun 15y ago
Perhaps our factories in the US need to take a hint from Foxconn. "Foxconn-run health centers right on campus" - sounds like a great way to reduce health-insurance costs by requiring your employees to take preventative care. Especially, with the high healthcare costs that manufacturing companies have to pay.
- jbarham 15y ago> requiring your employees to take preventative care Sounds unconstitutional to me.
- silvestrov 15y agoWould you care to explain your logic behind that judgement? For a non-US citizen, that line of thought can be hard to follow.
- w0utert 15y agoTo be fair, where I live we have subsidized health care and mandatory health insurance for everyone, but still many forms of 'preventative health care' are considered unacceptable, an invasion of privacy or belittlement by the government. For example, nobody is talking about raising taxes on unhealthy food or asking heavy smokers and drinkers to pay more for their health insurance. Or ask them to enroll in some kind of sports or life-style program that would improve their health before it becomes an issue. I would be all for it by the way, but it's basically not part of any discussion by any political party.
- nodata 15y agoI don't think the statement "stop eating badly or you lose your healthcare" would go down well.
- olalonde 15y agoWhy? Sounds like it would fall in the "freedom to contract" category. If you don't want your employer requiring you to take preventive care, go work somewhere else.
- rbarooah 15y agoThe problem with that is that if you are poor, and there is no 'somewhere else' to work then you have no freedom.
- LaGrange 15y agoThat's one of the more annoying things about the lies that happen. If we unfairly paint other places as unimaginably horrible, we become immunized to actual abuse happening on our own turf. It just fuels the „what are you complaining about, others have it worse” crowd, and I don't think we need more of that. The fact is, the factories are bad. There's too much overtime, and people aren't paid enough (just like anyone in their country, though), safety rules are sometimes lax. But if you look around, you'll find places that are even worse (than this specific factory) here in Poland, in a supposedly „civilized” country.