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-square137fedilinkarrow-up1844cross-posted to: leftism@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
arrow-up1844external-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-square137fedilinkcross-posted to: leftism@lemmy.worldaboringdystopia@lemmy.world
minus-squareRapidcreeklinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agohttps://www.commonwealthfund.org/blog/2017/lessons-universal-coverage-unexpected-advocate-richard-nixon
minus-squareSupraMario@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·9 months agoDid you even read your own link? It clearly points out that this began during WWII…
minus-squareRapidcreeklinkfedilinkarrow-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.
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.