“The end game is socialized medicine. Most major companies want it, and view Obamacare as the stepping stone to get it.”
No. Most companies wish simply to be in the business that they know, and not have to hire a legion of staff that do nothing related to the business in which they choose to focus on.
Don’t cast business as the “bad guy” in the healthcare debate.
Your job has nothing to do with your healthcare. That it happens to be the case to a large extent in the US is not an advantage of doing business in the US.
Here is why I said that.
My company, and many of the major companies in the area (one likes to make big machines painted green) have stated internally that they want to have socialized medicine. Because that will allow them to cut the insurance bill by shifting cost to the tax payers.
My company specifically has the current healthcare insurance costs listed as why they feel not as competitive in the US market. The per person overhead is higher than in Europe (we are also about twice as a productive, which gives our US plants a net gain).
If a system of socialized medicine is in place, the amount of money a large corporation pays on health care will go down. The taxes on the workers will go up, but that is a net good.
I have talked with quite a few other companies, who have similar views. They view socialized medicine as the cheaper option.