Does Nye understand company health care and the cost issues?
I don’t think so. Company health care plans exist because the company gets a tax deduction equal to the company’s contribution to the medical plan. This is more or less equivalent to the Federal government subsidizing company health plans via lost tax income. In other words, the government is already got their fingers in employee health care in a way that helps the covered companies and the insurance companies. Why should a company get the tax break and the employees not get the tax break? If there is a public option and if an employee is allowed to select the public option rather than the government subsidized company plan, then the individual could get the tax break instead of the company. It is unlikely that the insurance lobbies will let Congress give employees have the option of selecting either the company plan or the public option. “Lessen the burden for small businesses” is political Goodspeak. Many small businesses cannot afford the costs of medical insurance. The deck is ofte
