senseamp
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Originally posted by: Vic
Originally posted by: senseamp
I thought you were defending Bamacre's contention that having a social contract (health care) is somehow counter to having freedom. I think it's completely laughable. Being tied to your job in order to keep your health coverage is not freedom. It's servitude. I've heard people say many times that they would go out and start a business, but they are staying in their current jobs because they can't afford to lose their coverage due to preexisting conditions. It's killing the entrepreneurial spirit of a lot of people who could be contributing more to society if they didn't depend on their job for their medical care.
No, I was replying to your statement:
"Your definition of "freedom" is different from mine. I don't consider inability to afford to see a doctor "freedom." "
There are other ways to solve that problem besides UHC. My employer doesn't pay for my auto insurance. Why does my employer pay for my health insurance? Why does yours? Answer that and you might understand better what's really wrong with our healthcare system...
I don't think the employer should pay for health care. I think healthcare should be independent of a job.
And I think a lot of employers are starting to ditch it, and that is a good thing, it should be government responsibility, not theirs.