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> myself and pretty much everybody I know has insurance covered ~75% through our full time employers

So your continued physical health and financial health is utterly dependant on your current employer.

Do you not see any problem with that?

(I'm not American, I think it's vile, and closer to slavery than I have any interest in touching)




> Do you not see any problem with that?

No. I have a set of skills that the market finds valuable. Part of that value is providing health insurance. Any employer I choose will pay me a salary, and have healthcare benefits.

Somebody has to pay for it... and it currently isn't the billionaires like Democratic candidates wish it was.


Do you not see how much this limits your mobility and freedom to do as you please?

If health care (and insurance) were de-coupled from your employment, you would have much more freedom to move around jobs, or even go without a job for a time if you so chose, etc.

Would you be OK with your employer paying for your housing? education? food?

Your employer being in control of your health (and those other things) is sickening. They are just taking power and choices away from you.




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