jeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agoWhy the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.comexternal-linkmessage-square120fedilinkarrow-up1834cross-posted to: leftism@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1834external-linkWhy the US is the only country that ties your health insurance to your jobwww.vox.comjeffw@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.world · 1 year agomessage-square120fedilinkcross-posted to: leftism@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoNo…just no… it’s from WWII… https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235989/#:~:text=In%25201943%2520the%2520War%2520Labor,of%2520maneuvering%2520around%2520wage%2520controls
minus-squareRapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agohttps://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2017/lessons-universal-coverage-unexpected-advocate-richard-nixon
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoDid you even read your own link? It clearly points out that this began during WWII…
minus-squareRapidcreek@reddthat.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 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.
No…just no… it’s from WWII…
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK235989/#:~:text=In%25201943%2520the%2520War%2520Labor,of%2520maneuvering%2520around%2520wage%2520controls
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.