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Pretzel_Warrior

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10. which means we have had a health care crisis brewing for some time now

Reply to dkf (Reply #8)

Thu Sep 26, 2013, 03:44 PM

Sep 2013

and moving the population away from employment-based health insurance is a key need which has been met in at least an initial and limited way.

Let's implement this thing, find out where the weak points are, and go fix them. My hope is we end up where the most progressive minds wanted to go but had no political capital to get--single payer health care.

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Obamacare NOT what is contributing to drop in employer sponsored health insurance coverage [View all] Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 OP

Considering that the percent of the population in full time jobs is dropping this should be expected dkf Sep 2013 #1

there are earlier reports from 2007 with similar analysis showing drops in coverage Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #2

Again the labor participation rate has been falling. dkf Sep 2013 #8

No ProSense Sep 2013 #9

This is the oddest post..."no" followed by links that confirm my point. dkf Sep 2013 #13

I meant to say ProSense Sep 2013 #14

the big point is creating a way for people not in conventional workforce but not yet 65 Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #17

which means we have had a health care crisis brewing for some time now Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #10

This issue gets me peeved. I see companies using Obama care as an excuse to lay off employees Lint Head Sep 2013 #3

yes. it's the same thing insurance companies have done since 2009 Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #4

Reminds me of when ProSense Sep 2013 #7

yes. they will never miss an opportunity to blame progressive policy for their greed/avarice Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #16

Capitalism just does what it does: Ron Green Sep 2013 #5

which is why it is good to fight lies and prevarication with facts and context Pretzel_Warrior Sep 2013 #6

Obamacare will have some effect on health insurance madville Sep 2013 #11

In other news, investors celebrated with champaigne and caviar as the Dow broke the all time high. Scuba Sep 2013 #12

We're in the money, we're in the money!!! Puzzledtraveller Sep 2013 #15