Companies are also getting fleeced if you see how much COBRA is when you switch jobs. I think that’s what your company pays for you actually.
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This is why it is to our competitive advantage to move the health care burden away from the companies and put it under a single payer monopoly that can regulate cost.
Btw, all of the East Asian developed countries (Japan, S.Korea, Taiwan) enacted universal single payer health coverage under Conservative, Right Wing, Pro-business parties.