It's Not Employer Coverage - It's Coverage By Big Insurance Companies.....

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12. Let's not be dishonest. Workplace insurance is an EARNED BENEFIT,

income taken in the form of health insurance that costs less than it would paid out of pocket. It used to be a great deal.

As costs soared, though, more and more employers want out from under it and more and more employees found they'd do better through the ACA. Or someday, another program. I went part-time specifically to qualify for the ACA, and I fully intended to sign up for its single-payer option as soon as it became available.

And let's also not be dishonest by pretending that MfA plans require molding everyone into Sanders-shape pegs to fit into a Sanders-shape hole. Some of our candidates are running on MfA plans that don't require that at all. Those relatively few employers who might want to offer better than the national program as an incentive for people to work there should always have that freedom, and employees of those companies should always have that option.

And I'll vote against any candidate who doesn't share that principle.