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Hassin Bin Sober

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2. No, it started as a plan to keep people healthy enough to work in mines and on railroads.

Reply to paulkienitz (Reply #1)

Thu Aug 22, 2019, 01:36 PM

Aug 2019

Then it evolved to a commie socialist plot to pool the money together in a NOT FOR PROFIT scheme to pay for healthcare (and not bankrupt charity hospitals).

If I were to vote in a presidential
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Pop quiz: Which 2020 Democratic candidate said this about the future of health insurance? [View all] bigtree Aug 2019 OP

employer-based insurance basically originated as a system to ensure broad coverage of white people paulkienitz Aug 2019 #1

No, it started as a plan to keep people healthy enough to work in mines and on railroads. Hassin Bin Sober Aug 2019 #2

"not totally employer based insurance" OKNancy Aug 2019 #3