@jeffw to politics • 1 year agoWhy the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square137arrow-up1846arrow-down118cross-posted to: leftismaboringdystopia
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year agohttps://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2017/lessons-universal-coverage-unexpected-advocate-richard-nixon
minus-square@SupraMariolink1•1 year agoDid you even read your own link? It clearly points out that this began during WWII…
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•1 year ago"Truman wanted to create a national health insurance fund run by the federal government (a pre-Medicare single-payer system). " A single payer system is not an employer offered system. It’s Medicare.
https://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2017/lessons-universal-coverage-unexpected-advocate-richard-nixon
Did you even read your own link? It clearly points out that this began during WWII…
"Truman wanted to create a national health insurance fund run by the federal government (a pre-Medicare single-payer system). "
A single payer system is not an employer offered system. It’s Medicare.