[meyer]

This is the wrong approach. Rather than allow companies to play "big brother" to their employees, the companies ought to simply give each employee the exact same amount of money each month towards the health insurance of that person's choice. Then let the people decide how they want to insure theirselves, and how they want to behave in reference to that insurer's requirements. This is not the job of the employer, nor is it their business.

this would resolve many issues including the ages-old discriminatory practice of providing more health-care benefits to people with families than to single employees.

[Glenn]

This is the wrong approach.

Don't you dare try to bring sound reasoning into this emotional argument.

[upchuck]

I’m sorry but you idea will NEVER gain acceptance.

It makes way, way too much sense.

Just think of all the poor government bureaucrats that would be out of a job were your commonsense idea adopted.

:)

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[Madame Dufarge]

You are entirely right.

[geopyg]

Excellent solution.

Until the unions start telling their folks that the company is going to make them buy their own health care. (Forgetting the part that the company will be giving them money to do it with). Heck, the local big firm near my town was going to start having their employees pay a $5 co-pay for doctors visits. (I’m thinking that it was with the idea of if they have to pay at least something they won’t go to the doctor for every little sniffle.) They went on strike. (These are folks making $60k a year!).