I wonder if those who are trying hard to require corporations to pay for health insurance for their employees think of the results of such action.
Corporations are in business to make a profit. If they don't make a profit, the result is either declaring bankruptcy or going out of business. In either case, the employees are the losers because they no longer have a job.Assuming that corporations are required to make the payments for their employees, what does that do to the profit picture? Obviously profits are reduced or prices for their products must be increased. The most likely solution is to increase prices. Who, then, actually pays for the premiums? We, the consumers, do. So everyone pays, whether wealthy or on welfare. Is this what we want?
In case you are wondering what solution I have to the health insurance dilemma, let the government subsidize private insurance companies only to the extent necessary to take care of those who are unable to pay for their own premiums, and that means only those who are actually unable, not those who are merely unwilling.
Whatever we do, let's not copy systems in other countries that have failed miserably. Let's not have a government-operated or managed health system.
Richard D. Rees
Salt Lake City