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Originally Posted by unsunghero
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It’s just weird because it reminds me of our busted healthcare system
Both parties acknowledge it has problems but only the republicans seem to be frequently saying “well yea but it’s probably not going to get any better and it’s too hard to change so…./shrug” while the Dems call for healthcare reform
Yet for our underground low skill labor market both parties seem to go “well yea but it’s probably not going to get any better and it’s too hard/expensive to fix so…./shrug”
Very picky regarding one’s battles
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The two things are related, labor to healthcare. The fact that your healthcare is tied to your employment status, for the average person, is not a mistake. This gives employers enormous leverage over you.
In our case, for example, the fact that I'm still technically employed, and thus insured, is totally a decision by my decent boss. There's no law requiring them to do that. They're covering my healthcare premiums while we deal with this, despite the fact that I work zero hours.
Protections built into ACA are the only reason my wife hasn't lost her job, that whole pre-existing conditions thing, and is therefore insured. If we weren't, the bills we have would already be in the millions.
I'd think more capitalists would support, at least, detaching healthcare from our employers, but I have personally never seen that argument from anyone on the right. Maybe I just missed it. All I ever see from the right myself is "we should get costs down" but nobody ever seems to have any idea how.
The fact that healthcare is tied to employment in America is not only unethical, and actively causing harm to Americans, it's anti-competitive. Then again, this pandemic and the last six years or so have taught me many Americans do not understand capitalism, socialism, or even feudalism.