[freedomfiter2]

A RAND study from 2009 found that companies with higher levels of participation in employee health insurance benefits had much slower economic growth then those companies and industries which had lower health insurance costs or participation to deal with.

The simple conservative solution is to separate employment and insurance. Require all employee benefits to be simple payment with no benefits.

[SoConPubbie]

The simple conservative solution is to separate employment and insurance. Require all employee benefits to be simple payment with no benefits.

No, since your solution can only be implemented via Government fiat or legislation, that is not the conservative solution but the statist solution.

I like my employer insurance just as it is, as a benefit provided by my employer.

The free-market approach, much less government interference, is the only conservative solution.

Health insurance or health coverage or health benefits are not a right, they are a privilege.