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Originally Posted by PeppyGPhiB
I don't get why we attach health insurance in this country to employers. The two have nothing to do with each other.
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I never thought of that... you bring up a valid point!
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Originally Posted by CrackerBarrel
I think that insurance attached to employers for reasons that are two-fold: one is that companies with highly skilled workforces need to keep their workers healthy because they are hard to replace, so it was in their interest to insure them. Then unskilled workers saw what was going on and collective bargaining led to a lot of union workers getting health insurance, and it kind of spread from there.
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That makes a lot of sense.
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Last edited by pinksirfidel; 10-08-2008 at 02:03 AM.
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