Quote:Once employers started providing health care it became something that will never go away...Health care is much too expensive for people to afford on their own and if employers start removing health care as a benefit, it's going to hurt employee retention...Companies cutting benefits will discourage longevity in the work place...

 

The culture problem becomes a government problem when the government has to expand public assistance and subsidies to accommodate for uninsured persons with health problems and unable to meet their financial and housing needs...  

 

Not true.  I have had employers give me a choice.  Either they pay for health insurance under the plan that they negotiated, or pay me a higher salary.  The fact of the matter is, people in general are lazy and want someone else to do their shopping for them.

 

Case in point.  My wife and I both worked for the same company that offered a "health benefit".  It was too expensive so we both opted out and got a higher salary.  We shopped around and found a plan that suited our needs for less money than it would have cost us by accepting the "health benefit" offered by the employer.

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