I don't usually do this in my blog, so forgive me for letting the lazy days of summertime get to me and give you a link to read with little added content or analysis.
I read a good Op/Ed piece in the Wall Street Journal this morning written by the CEO of everyone's favorite organic/health food chain, Whole Foods. It's an excellent, comprehensive set of practical proposals that if taken in their entirety (not piecemeal) could actually make a positive change and produce meaningful healthcare reform.
The link is here.
Pay close attention at the end to the real experience Whole Foods has had in the other countries where they do business and employ people. What have employees in countries where healthcare "is a right" asked for from Whole Foods in terms of their healthcare?
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A note on the "our employees want supplemental dollars they can spend themselves" point.
The way that the Canadian system is organized is that government pays the total cost of care for most medical procedures, but some elective procedures and drugs are not covered.
Do the benefits offered by whole foods make the employees ineligible for the public health options?
If not, wouldn't a more reasonable assumption for the reason that WF employees want "supplemental health-care dollars that they can control and spend themselves without permission from their governments," be because they already have coverage, so they would rather have supplemental dollars for elective procedures than an alternative insurance system that does not provide better coverage than the public option?
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