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George Grapman wrote:


You should address your complaint to all the conservatives in
congress who enjoy taxpayer financed health care while they rail against
employer mandated insurance.

Of course you should.. if you don't want a job. Heck look at the
problems the automakers and other big companies are having with pretty
much the equivalent in their contracts. You think most of the country's
employers who are substantially smaller are going to be able to
magically come up with the money? As that hotbed of conservative
thought, the Washington Post pointed out recently: " "The $12,106
average cost of family coverage this year is roughly equivalent to a
year's salary for a full-time worker earning the minimum wage, which is
$12,168."
Of course the real question went zooming past: So how on earth do
people think that an employer mandate ever could work since it would
force employers to virtually double the wages of these workers? Job loss
would be guaranteed.
Two things need to be done. 1) Eliminate the huge subsidies built
in to the system at all levels. 2). Take responsibility for insurance
away from the workplace so that you again have the entity paying for
insurance being the one that actually uses it.