[lbo-talk] finally, corp support for socialized medicine!

[B.]

"William Rainville, CEO of Kadant Inc., a papermaking
manufacturer, recently told the Washington Post that
healthcare costs make operating in the US nearly
unsustainable. Kadant says it will spend $6,500 on
health care in 2004 for each of its American
employees. But, the single-payer system in Canada is
so inexpensive that Kadant is considering moving all
its operations north of the border."

CEOs for Universal Health Care

http://www.thenation.com/blogs/edcut?pid=1319

-B.

Doug Henwood wrote:

"[from Page Six]

We Hear . . .

"THAT Svedka vodka and the e.vil fashion label launch
their T-shirt line - with such sassy slogans as
'Support Socialized Plastic Surgery' and 'You Can Be
Too Rich and Too Thin' - today at Fred Segal in Santa
Monica with proceeds to benefit ecofriendly Heal the
Bay . . . "