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Politics : A US National Health Care System?
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To: i-node who wrote (6505)3/25/2009 12:36:08 PM
From: Lane32 Recommendations  Read Replies (2) of 42652
 
That is a bogus conclusion.

I disagree. Here's why.

Back before employers provided insurance, people bought insurance. My working-poor family had health insurance. It was called "major medical." It came in handy when I was hospitalized for a month with pneumonia when I was 13.

What made health insurance unaffordable for anyone but employers was that employers made their benefits more and more generous to compete with other employers and to keep their employees happy. That's how health "insurance" became pre-paid health plans, no longer insurance. And that's how costs got so high. Had employers not gotten involved, we would still have families buying "major medical" policies.
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