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You can buy healthcare on the free market. And you aren't being "let go" - the entire company is going under. If you are laid off and the company stays healthy
by oh_sigh 3y ago
You can buy healthcare on the free market.
And you aren't being "let go" - the entire company is going under. If you are laid off and the company stays healthy, it makes sense to have some concessions. But if the entire business ceases to exist. I don't know why would you expect anything from it.
- Apocryphon 3y agoWonder if it might make sense for the social safety net to include such a provision for workers of businesses that go under. If we're not going to have universal public coverage, might as well add provision for such an extenuating circumstance as that.
- oh_sigh 3y agoI think it makes perfect sense - in fact, divorcing healthcare entirely from employment.
- camhart 3y agoUnemployment benefits should already apply wouldn't they?
- Apocryphon 3y agoShould provide something better than COBRA
- FireBeyond 3y agoI love that COBRA isn't just paying the entirety of the health insurance your employer was paying (or partially paying for you), but an additional 5% fee on top of that. Talk about insult on injury. Gotta love the lobbying that allows that.