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Re:Is my advice too mercenary? by nopenopenopeno on Monday April 11, 2022 @09:20PM (#30997429)
Give me a break. Bosses can add and subtract, and so can employees. They both know healthcare is getting paid for from the paycheck regardless. And with company plans, bosses may pay less or may pay more. Probably less. Either way, bosses love that employees know quitting their job is going to require switching health insurance plans, which is a dicey process. Bosses like holding that power in the same way they like holding visas over H1B visa holders heads.

And the most obnoxious part of it all is that you knew this.

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Re:Is my advice too mercenary? by LordDragonfang on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @12:38PM (#31004977)
>Bosses can add and subtract, and so can employees. They both know healthcare is getting paid for from the paycheck regardless.

It's not clear to me that most employees do know that, actually. I see a ridiculous number of people that oppose nationalized healthcare "because they'd have to pay taxes", not realizing that there is already a deduction from their total compensation to pay for their healthcare (i.e. a tax).

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