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To: epicure who wrote (93428)	1/12/2005 2:49:20 PM
From: Oeconomicus	Respond to of 108807

"But as employers' health-care costs continue to soar, many are pushing benefits out of the reach of some low-income employees with stricter eligibility criteria and higher premium contributions for workers." Sounds like it's not benefits declining, but rather plan costs rising faster than benefits. BTW, the prior sentences say that "Few big employers have dropped health-care coverage. In fact, the percentage of large companies that do offer benefits has actually increased slightly, to more than 99% in recent years." How does that mesh with your assertion of lost benefits? "The share of workers in manufacturing jobs, which traditionally have come with relatively generous benefits, has dropped 11 percentage points at larger companies since 1987, making room for jobs at retailers and other large service-industry companies. The labor forces at those companies tend to experience higher turnover, earn lower wages and consist of more part-time workers." I'm not sure what the implications are of the qualifier "at larger companies", but this is not substantiation - it is your assertion repeated. Oh, I see you noticed that as well: "[Gosh- wasn't this what I was saying??? I thought it was.] "