[Ghost of Philip Marlowe]

What company would continue to absorb the cost and bureaucratic process of a private plan when they can simply dump their employees’ healthcare plan and force them onto the rationed “care” the government mandates?

Not only do they save overhead, their stock prices will rise as a result.

[MrB]

pitchfork, check
torch, check
tar, check
feathers, check
rail, check
rope, check
lamppost, check