Regardless of the birdcage-liner source, there are SOME aspects of Obamacare that are beneficial to the labor force. One of them involves “job lock” and unhireability - that is, that once a person becomes ill, they can’t ever change jobs; and, that people who were sick but who no longer are become unhireable. I have been fortunate so far (NOT to be confused with the present-day version of “fortunate”) that this hasn’t happened to me, but I work or have worked with people in this situation. They are “invisible”, but there are many. Republicans who actually want to run on getting back to exactly the way things were ignore them at their peril.
Good points.
Having “health care” tied to employment for many folks is a bad artifact of WW2 wage controls. Has caused many problems.
Yes, but do you really think employers are going to hire people with chronic conditions, especially in this economy? Government has completely distorted the labor market so that “fixing” one thing only creates bigger problems.
Unfortunately, it would take getting back to the way things were before government put its heavy hand on the economy, and that’s too far back to even contemplate. We are stuck in a royal mess now.