Reply #53: What's odd about this situation from a RW point of view [View All]

is that our current healthcare "system" is actually a huge tax on businesses. you'd think they'd be stampeding congress, demanding nationalized health insurance or SOME kind of relief from the enormous cost of insuring their employees, not to mention an entire generation of retired workers, many of whom receive healthcare as part of their retirement package. Hell, GM is drowning in healthcare costs--but do they go to the government asking for relief? Would the government listen if major employers from businesses across the board demanded universal healthcare? I'm not sure--they (the govt) seem to be totally in thrall to the insurance industry. It's a most curious development.