Does Employment-Based Insurance Make US Medical Care Unfair and Inefficient?

Re:Does Employment-Based Insurance Make US Medical Care Unfa... by whamlastxmas on Monday May 13, 2019 @02:17PM (#19902121)

It's too easy to find facts and figures to support either side of the argument and I think the left finds a better argument in it simply being a human right and the moral thing to do, neither of which are easily refuted.

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Re:Does Employment-Based Insurance Make US Medical Care Unfa... by weberc2 on Monday May 13, 2019 @02:23PM (#19902200)

> neither of which are easily refuted.

I don't agree or disagree with the claims, but they're not easily refuted because they're not falsifiable. They amount to "we should do this because I think it's better". It's not persuasive. A better argument would be, "We all want to take care of poor people and improve our economy--we can do both and here is the data". Of course there will still be lots of friction and lobbying and so on, but at least it's a compelling argument.

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Re:Does Employment-Based Insurance Make US Medical Care Unfa... by galaxyLogic on Monday May 13, 2019 @02:33PM (#19902324)

> It's too easy to find facts and figures to support either side of the argument

I don't think it is too easy, to find such facts and figures. Can you give us some links to them?

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