Health Care and Work

This is a political statement - if you don't want to read it, don't...

I've been employed at a couple of places in the last 7-10 years that "downsized" and actually moved the bulk of their payroll overseas - or at least out of the US. The reason for this, was the cost of health care.

Yes, health care.

This was several years ago, and these outfits needed to cut costs. A way to do that, was to move their payroll to a country with Universal Health Care. It slashed their payroll costs. They laid off over 700 people in one case, and moved to Canada.

Canada has Universal Health Care. It's part of the income tax. It's nationalized. Whether it needs to be fixed or if it is causing a bottleneck, I don't know. I just know that 700 people here were out of work.

We need Universal Health Care. Pay for it out of income tax. Provide it for ALL people. Get rid of the insurance companies that are rationing health care. Sure, some folks need more care than others - that is the nature of health care.

Pay bonuses for staying healthy and not using health care, if you have to. Financial incentives work!