[lbo-talk] corps & single-payer

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

Doug:
> Joanne Landy, who does press for Physicians for a National Health
> Program, says she doesn't know of any corporations that support
> single-payer. But she's asking around.
> 

Some time ago, I asked Dr. Vincente Navarro (JHU, Bloomberg School of Public
Health, served on the health reform panel under Clinton) a similar question,
pointing out that it would benefit them materially by shifting some of their
health care cost on the taxpayers.  He replied that it is not about the cost
(which they can usually afford) but about labor control.  Discretionary and
non-transferable health benefit can be a powerful weapon to keep labor and
unions docile.

Wojtek