Thom Hartmann: Is Trader Joe's Leading America to Single Payer HealthCare?

[thomhartmann]

According to a management memo leaked to the press, Trader Joe’s will drop health care for part-time workers, and will instead give them a $500 annual check to pay for a new insurance plan. This has conservatives screaming that we are all going to be paying for the cost of healthcare for low-income workers, and has liberals scratching their heads and worrying about the future of Obamacare

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[Ninga]

1. Hope so.... nt

[AZ Mike]

2. Proof....

....that Obamacare is GOOD for businesses and that it increases choice and access.

Bravo, Trader Joe's.

[unblock]

3. at least they're giving employees $500 instead of just eliminating the health insurance "benefit"

temporarily this is of course bad for the employees, but ultimately we do want employers out of the health insurance business. provided people have a good alternative, of course.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

4. $500 a year?

I hardly call that a win.

Hopefully, things will change and people will see that single-payer is not only moral, but it's the practical thing to implement.

[unblock]

5. i agree, it's not at all a win.

especially when combined with a decrease in working hours.

but some employers are doing the same thing and not even giving employees the $500.

which means they profit and blame obamacare.

[Fantastic Anarchist]

6. Which is just another subsidy from us tax-payers.

Corporations don't realize how good they have it here.

[sabrina 1]

8. I agree. How about a National Health Care program instead of spending the billions

we spend on so-called 'national security'? With so many American dying for lack of HC, it IS a National Security problem.

As I understand it, National Security means 'keeping Americans safe'. We are in more danger of dying from lack of HC than anything else. Since 9/11 eg, one half million Americans have died as a result of not having HC. THAT is a National Security problem.

[gopiscrap]

7. I sure hope so

[antigop]

9. I hope you are right, Thom. nt