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chickentribs · 06-08-2005, 02:58 PM

Small business is getting eaten alive with this. Even Republicans have to admit that for the health of corporate america we need to get this burden thinned out across our society. A big part of the incentive for companies to move manufacturing overseas is because of healthcare costs. Unless you are so die-hard that you believe companies shouldn't offer benefits to employees, we are saddling a burden on them that is rising at 10 - 15% a year. We can kill that rise today if people are covered for preventative care without lapses.

I've said it before, ensuring the basic well-being of the whole population is the first measure of quality of life for all of us, and the only thing I am sure that government should be doing. The rest of it is all secondary...

06-08-2005, 02:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
chickentribs Addict Location: Mansion by day/Secret Lair by night	Small business is getting eaten alive with this. Even Republicans have to admit that for the health of corporate america we need to get this burden thinned out across our society. A big part of the incentive for companies to move manufacturing overseas is because of healthcare costs. Unless you are so die-hard that you believe companies shouldn't offer benefits to employees, we are saddling a burden on them that is rising at 10 - 15% a year. We can kill that rise today if people are covered for preventative care without lapses. I've said it before, ensuring the basic well-being of the whole population is the first measure of quality of life for all of us, and the only thing I am sure that government should be doing. The rest of it is all secondary... __________________ Oft expectation fails... and most oft there Where most it promises - Shakespeare, W.