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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote]Why has the business community not lobbied harder for a single pay healthcare system?[/quote]

Because the business community is in the business of doing business and not lobbying for social welfare programs.  [/quote]

They should have been pushing for[b] better healthcare options that individuals can get for themselves [/b]rather than having healthcare tied to employment as it was for so long.  For many years it was a perk of employment but that was always an unsuitable and unsustainable arrangement.[/quote]

I am just not sure what "better healthcare options that individuals can get for themselves" is (I am not snarky, just genuinely curious).  I come from Europe, never saw a medical bill until I came to the US.  with a system where people get private insurance (though work or in the open market) I don't see how they can get a better option by themselves. insurers are for profit and they simply do not insure people who are sick or likely to get sick.  in the open market I cannot see how an individual can get a good option unless the individual is 25 and perfectly healthy.  and this is what has been going on in the US, people who were sick could not get insurance, or could get a very limited coverage for outrageous prices. I frankly agree with OP, this is something business should have lobbied for. they would not have to pay for their workers, and having people who do not have to worry about going bankrupt or losing the house because they get sick is a good thing for a business IMO.  [/quote]

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