They just don't. That's become the standard, in large part due to government regulation and tax policy, but there's no good reason employers should be responsible for their employees health care.
Are you being deliberately specious? People still have to keep paying for the government sponsored health care regardless of whether they use it. That's like saying you can quit your employer - reject the paycheck and benefits - but you still have to go in and work for them.
They work as intended.
NOT.............. NYT, an opinion article, but just as long as one person agrees with opinion, that makes it "fact" for republicans.
Then why do they?
WTF?
There is for employers.
So............the same as paying for private insurance.
People could opt for private insurance to cover unnecessary, cosmetic health care only. There would no longer be any insurance for common health care needs. The government would pay for all of that directly, just as they do for eligible veterans and as they did for the elderly through Medicare until very recently. Private, impersonal insurance for common needs is simply government sanctioned highway robbery. It serves no useful purpose for your average Joe Blow, regardless how hard one may wish they were more "independent" as a result.
Not entirely true.
So, so far, entirely true then. A service supply issue that gradually gets addressed through public pressure from below, exactly as it should. Meanwhile, most Canadians remain satisfied, unlike Americans.
Allowing that would obviously destroy the whole thing. You be right back to our shitty system in no time.
You're paying little to no attention to the premise. To any extent one can pay for private alternatives (as opposed to stuff neither supplied nor funded), that is not analogous to Medicare4All. It's a failure to fight back against the crazed greedy, I-must-have-it-all-instantly! minority. If the ******* rich people can't wait in line (at all!) like us reasonable people do every damned day, then **** 'em! They can fly to wherever and get their precious hip replaced faster and without warranty to boot!
Sure, they can pay for alternatives, the way most are set up, they still have to pay into the public healthcare system, regardless.
AND..............They will, just like they always have done.
Nope. This is why I insist upon talking exclusively about real Medicare4All here. So few genuinely understand the critical distinctions.
No duplication. None. Vamoose! Mach schnell! (Not you. Private, for-profit insurance!)
So, how will "real medicare" for all force the rich to use it, $$$ talks?
Hope you're right, healthcare in the US would be fixed so fast, it would make people's heads spin, AND everyone would be covered for "headspins".
You better do a little more research because there certainly are private health plans offered in Canada, expensive but they are offered.
The rich can do as they please. Always have. Always will. The rest of us is all I care about.
Not at all. I you reject private insurance, you don't have to pay for.
Yeah. Socialism blows. Fix it. Don't use it as an excuse for ubiquitous government.
HOW?
WTF?Exactly. Like I said, the dependency means they have you by the balls. But that's not a good thing.
Not at all. I you reject private insurance, you don't have to pay for.
I think we've reached that point where you just ropey-dope with feigned ignorance, so you don't actually have to address the points being made.
THAT would be the for-profit, capitalistic system.
He means employers get to deduct employee insurance costs as a business expense. Employees normally can't (deduct them) here. Unless they stuff some into stupid healthcare savings accounts, which just amount to some potential savings in any case.
Yeah. You're just trolling now. Seeyabye!
So.......................would you rather have someone cough in your direction without, at least holding their hand over their mouth?
