jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agoWhy the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1822arrow-down117cross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1805arrow-down1external-linkWhy the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 9 months agomessage-square127fedilinkcross-posted to: aboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoDid you even read your own link? It clearly points out that this began during WWII…
minus-squareRapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months 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.
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.