Why are US businesses so opposed to UHC if it would be so cost-effective and such a stable system? Wouldn UHC solve a lot of problems for employers?
Businesses are coming around quickly now (Spring 2004) to understanding how their profitability and very existence, at least within US borders, is being threatened by the current chaotic US health care “system”. For example, Ford Vice Chairman Allan Gilmour said “High health care costs have “created a competitive gap that’s driving investment decisions away from the U.S. . . . I do know that significant reform is necessary”. *2 “Right now the country is on an unsustainable track and it won’t get any better until we begin — business, labor and government in partnership — to make a pact for reform.” “Suffice it to say Canada and Germany have a socialized form of health care” that delivers quality care at a lower cost for a larger number of people, without placing all the expense on employers, said Hadrych, of DaimlerChrysler. “The burden of it falls on the government, not just on employers,” he said. In the United States, “we carry the full brunt of it. A lot of people think a single-p
Businesses are coming around quickly now (Spring 2004) to understanding how their profitability and very existence, at least within US borders, is being threatened by the current chaotic US health care “system”. For example, Ford Vice Chairman Allan Gilmour said “High health care costs have “created a competitive gap that’s driving investment decisions away from the U.S. . . . I do know that significant reform is necessary”. *2 “Right now the country is on an unsustainable track and it won’t get any better until we begin — business, labor and government in partnership — to make a pact for reform.” “Suffice it to say Canada and Germany have a socialized form of health care” that delivers quality care at a lower cost for a larger number of people, without placing all the expense on employers, said Hadrych, of DaimlerChrysler. “The burden of it falls on the government, not just on employers,” he said. In the United States, “we carry the full brunt of it. A lot of people think a single-p
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