[llevrok]

"Now that everyone can get insurance through the government (if you're eligible for Medicaid) or through an exchange, there's no reason to keep the middleman of the employer."

Bingo. That's been the plan all along. Single payer, government run health care.

The transition is like death by a thousand cuts to the health care companies and to the consumers. But it will happen albeit with collateral damage.

[Wolfie]

Then plan is to get businesses out from under the burden of health insurance costs while still guaranteeing profits for the health insurance industry.