@jeffw@lemmy.worldcake to politics @lemmy.world • 9 months agoWhy the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1833cross-posted to: leftism@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1833external-linkWhy the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.com@jeffw@lemmy.worldcake to politics @lemmy.world • 9 months agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: leftism@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-square@Rapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilink1•9 months agohttps://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2017/lessons-universal-coverage-unexpected-advocate-richard-nixon
minus-square@SupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink1•9 months agoDid you even read your own link? It clearly points out that this began during WWII…
minus-square@Rapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilink1•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.
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.