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A comment on NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer health plan for NYers. Parent comment

Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by endisneigh on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:02PM (#31319709)
That makes no sense, salaries would simply be adjusted to compensate. The kind of bureaucracy you’re proposing is why things are already so complicated to begin with.
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Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by ceejayoz on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:05PM (#31319742)
> That makes no sense, salaries would simply be adjusted to compensate.

If you cut the salaries of employees who opt-out, but not those who don't, you'd be in very clear violation of the law I'm suggesting.

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Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by endisneigh on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:09PM (#31319781)
No, what I’m saying is that they wouldn’t offer an alternative to the state run health care, as why would they anymore? No incentive.
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Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by ceejayoz on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:10PM (#31319795)
I'm not seeing the downside.
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Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by endisneigh on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:11PM (#31319808)
The downside is that you could be paying more taxes for something that you already had.
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Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by ceejayoz on Monday May 09, 2022 @05:13PM (#31319829)
Then perhaps it's time to unlink employment and health care coverage entirely.
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Re:NY Senate Bill S5474 proposing a universal single payer h... by endisneigh on Monday May 09, 2022 @06:36PM (#31320768)
No disagreement here.
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