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Originally Posted by GatorB
Let me play Devil's advocate here. Let's say this caused most employers to drop health care benefits. Well then you'd have millions of people that would need private individual plans. Wouldn't millions of people getting health insurance form places like blue cross REDUCE premiums for all? Of course that's assuming you could get people to take the money they are no longer paying for health insurance through a job and use that money for a private plan. Most people would probably blow it.
Actually the best way to lower health care costs is to get everyone to eat right and exercise and stop smoking and drink less and stop doing drugs. 80% of the population dies from either heart disease or cancer and most of the root cause for both is lifestyle related. But people don't want to listen to that because that would require EFFORT on peoples part. Just like when Obama suggested that making sure you tires inflated would save as much oil as we could get from drilling offshore. Everyone scoffed at that because saying "drill baby drill" is easier than spending 97 cents on a tire gauge and then checking your fucking tires once a week.
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I wonder how many people would never see any money if their employer dropped their health insurance. I have had jobs in the past (and know people now) that pay nothing for their health insurance - their employer covers it all. So if the employer dumps it there is a decent chance they will just put that money in their pocket and not give it to employees. this would cause people a lot of troubles because someone that has a family of four could suddenly find themselves having to shelve out a lot of cash to get the health coverage.
You are right though. Taking care of yourself is the best way to lower the cost of healthcare.