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Re:Convoy collapse: Read CEO's memo detailing shutdown of Se... by dudul on Thursday October 19, 2023 @05:07PM (#37948735)
A better fix would be for people to see their health insurance divorced from their employer. That would actually greatly benefit startups and be one step back from corporate serfdom.
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Re:Convoy collapse: Read CEO's memo detailing shutdown of Se... by mobilefriendly on Friday October 20, 2023 @06:11AM (#37954262)
U.S. tax law needs to change for this to happen. Individual health care should be totally tax deductible (the way it is for businesses) or should not be tax deductible at all for business (a small step in this direction by the Obama Administration was vilified as a "Cadillac Tax"
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Re:Convoy collapse: Read CEO's memo detailing shutdown of Se... by BeFlatXIII on Friday October 20, 2023 @10:50AM (#37956891)
If proper single payer is out of the question, the biggest mistake in Obamacare is that employer-sponsored health plans remained legal. Everyone should have been forced into the same market.
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