[lbo-talk] TNR: universal health care now! or how to work for Wal-Mart

martin mschiller at pobox.com
Fri Mar 17 07:18:12 PST 2006


On Mar 17, 2006, at 4:32 AM, Nathan Newman wrote:


> Of course I'm for universal health care. I think the best way to
> achieve it
> is to mandate all employers provide health care, expand SCHIP programs
> to
> all children -- a la Illinois' program, and add a health care
> component to
> unemployment insurance. That would move the country to universal
> coverage
> and then we would have clear pressure to get rid of the waste in the
> system
> since no one would have any option to dump their health care costs.
>

It's always seemed to me that this type of position presumes universal employment, which is not the case, and given the direction of social change seems unlikely to become the case. I find 'equal access' a much more appealing position to argue.

Martin



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