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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by aianus on Sunday June 18, 2017 @08:30AM (#14580376)
Consumers don't choose their health insurance companies in the US. Their employers choose them. And when the user != the purchaser, you don't get a good user experience, you get corruption and a race to the bottom.
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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by anothercomment on Sunday June 18, 2017 @10:28AM (#14580774)
OK, but people choose their employers, to some extent. Would more transparency help them to demand the right health insurance from their employers?
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Re:Your own company? You can do it (2011) by aianus on Sunday June 18, 2017 @11:34AM (#14581075)
I think in the industries and positions where employees have bargaining power you do tend to see excellent healthcare plans. But that's a minority of the workforce.
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