Quote:Some companies are Union friendly, especially in the North...I would think that everyone would know better than to speak for every company...

 

I have stated several times, nothing is free, someone always pay for it...I even gave an example of if someone puts $5 gas in my truck...It's "free" to me simply because I did not pay for it, but someone did...

 

My company is both Union and non Union as I have mentioned...The non union employees do not get the vision and dental...the company doesn't even offer it to non union people...our vision and dental is paid for through the union health and welfare fund

 

with most of the biggest insurance companies being national coverages and some international such as the Blue Cross network(s) there is no need to sell across state lines...If they were to suddenly disband and all be a local/regional health care system( such as the Geisinger network), you would be out of network a lot...The geisinger network is a Pa. based health provider, and not everywhere in Pa. takes it...some doctors haven't added in to their accepted payments yet...I had that crappy geisinger insurance at my last job and my urologist did not take it and the nearest one who did was 60 miles away

 

Look...You as a single person, can not possibly speak for every ceo and bod of every company...what you are claiming is your own opinion and not fact because it's based on your opinion and there is no way you could possibly know how or what each and every company thinks and feels about unions...Up here in the North, Unions are more common and are still popular with both employers and employees

 

No need for insurance companies to sell across state lines?  Are you kidding me?  As it stands now, insurance companies can't sell insurance across state lines.  That does a couple of things.

 

First, it puts "monopolies" in certain states.  The reason that companies like Blue Cross can operate is because they have "corporate offices" in several states. and second it pushes down the free market.  That "Geisiger network" as you describe it not allowed to sell it's services over state lines.  That means that they can't offer the services of the big insurance companies to everyone.  A company like "Geisger" might actually flourish and become profitable if they weren't held down by government restrictions.

 

For the record, I am not a singe person.  I've been married well over 20 years (I'll just leave the figure at that).  I've for the most part paid for my wife and my routine healthcare out of my own pocket.  I have leaned on insurance to pick up portions over the years, but for the most part I've paid my own way.

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