To: Kozak
The system of employer funded health insurance that arose during WW2 due to wage controls. That led to the initial uncoupling of demand from payment. The government THEN proceeded to make it worse with medicare etc. So health care is expensive because some companys pay for health insurance. There is certainly no law demanding that they carry health insurance. OK, if there is then the coverage is incredibly variable from one job to the next. Health care coverage is a perk carried by employers to attract employees.
By the way, if you pay one million dollars for health insurance and never buy a band-aid, your health care cost is zero.
19 posted on
01/09/2007 8:45:05 AM PST by
DungeonMaster
(Acts 17:11 also known as sola scriptura.)
To: DungeonMaster
By the way, if you pay one million dollars for health insurance and never buy a band-aid, your health care cost is zero.
No it's not. Your health care cost is 1 million. Your INSURANCE company has also made 1 million in profit.
20 posted on
01/09/2007 8:58:37 AM PST by
Kozak
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