| ▲ | zamadatix 4 hours ago |
| I wouldn't have nearly as many complaints about this mindset change if ones life (e.g. insurance) weren't still so deeply tied to who your current employer is. |
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| ▲ | jimt1234 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| I'm aware that HN frowns on "THIS", but...THIS!!! I don't know what the best solution for the current healthcare clusterfuck in the US is, but I think disassociating health insurance from employer/employment is a great first step. |
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| ▲ | brianwawok 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | As a business owner yes please! Charge me a flat insurance tax. And then give everyone insurance. It’s such a cluster. | |
| ▲ | kelvinjps10 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | Improving coverage and acceptance by plans in the marketplace would be a good start. Multiple healthcare providers only accept plans from an employer or the state, not individual plans bought in the marketplace. Crazy that in a pro-business country, if you have your own business or you're self-employed, you can't have access to healthcare | | |
| ▲ | collabs 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | The goal should be a single payer health care system.
I am not asking for like luxury spa five star treatment.
However, there definitely should be a
"free of cost at the point of service"
option that does not have any means testing
of any kind. That should be the goal and once we have that,
it will not matter if you are self employed
or own a business.
We keep doing half measures
and pretend to be surprised when it doesn't work. | | |
| ▲ | bigfatkitten 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | The U.S. already spends considerably more tax dollars per capita on health care than almost any other country, with much less to show for it. |
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| ▲ | yamillove 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
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| ▲ | sbochins 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | I think you’re on the wrong website. You’re allowed to be conservative here. But, you can’t be conservative and an idiot. | |
| ▲ | iwontberude 2 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Obama was a corporate stooge and neoliberal fuckhead who had majority in the senate and the house and spent his time fighting to pass a republican health care bill and wage illegal wars. I am a democrat but never ever will fall for that trick again. A fool can’t get fooled again. | |
| ▲ | outside1234 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | And the Republicans wrecked it by getting rid of the mandate and then not funding the subsidy. | | |
| ▲ | wombat-man 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | yeah, and no public option | |
| ▲ | cramer4next 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | [flagged] | | |
| ▲ | lovich 3 hours ago | parent [-] | | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Efforts_to_repeal_the_Affordab... > On November 2, 2017, a bill later known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act was introduced by Representative Kevin Brady of Texas. Included in the bill was the move to change the tax penalty for not having health insurance mandated by the Affordable Care Act to zero.[62][63] Economists said this would lower interest in obtaining health insurance coverage.[64] The bill was signed into law on December 22, 2017 by Donald Trump,[65] with the loss of individual mandate taxation being set to take effect January 1, 2019.[62] | | |
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