Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : ahhaha's ahs -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Lhn5 who wrote (8081)	4/18/2006 1:37:23 AM
From: ahhaha	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 24758

If the cost of health care wasn't so high, it would be less of a burden for corporations to provide it. Are you saying that the cost hasn't been in equilibrium with that which is demanded? The demand remains fairly constant. Therefore the rise in healthcare cost isn't due to extra demand caused by cost indifferent rich corporations, but from some factor outside of corporate demand. If corporate demand fell due to price, would the per user cost of healthcare to the fewer corporate demanders continue to rise? On the other hand, based on the 'competing companies' explanation below, perhaps the main forces compelling corporations to provide health care benefits are companies competing against one another for employees. How can a company sell the quality of its healthcare program? That is, how does a prospective employee assess a claim made by a prospective employer about the employer's health care provider's quality? How many prospective employees will or can investigate such a care provider? However, we know it is not quite so simple...except in pure capitalism? Companies shouldn't be offering health care. It's none of their business. Just proves they're socialist entities. Eventually, corporations will stop offering health care because like all other socialist remedies, it's worse than the disease. So what has been accomplished? Risk management. 1) A committee exists to rubber stamp appropriate care. The committee doesn't believe that. Why do you? 2) Care is delayed. Patients lose more time from work. Diseases progress and the ultimate care needed is more costly than if provided in a more timely manner. Do you accept your company's health care coverage?