That's just it, "thinking" has nothing to do with it. A couple days ago an old buddy of mine was raving about how wonderful the PPACA was, and he was totally immune to the fact that medical costs are higher--
--and fewer have access now:
Why do people think this was ever an item which cost the employers? Ultimately all of the money for ANYTHING the company does comes from the people who buy or pay for that product. No company anywhere actually pays those costs, it is either passed on to the consumer directly, price inflation; or passed on indirectly, through wage stagnation or employee cuts, or cuts to benefits.
But it always goes back to the consumer sooner or later.
That's just it, "thinking" has nothing to do with it. A couple days ago an old buddy of mine was raving about how wonderful the PPACA was, and he was totally immune to the fact that medical costs are higher--
--and fewer have access now: