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- TheBlueOne0
How about this as a compromise on healthcare:
Free healthcare for all children up to age 18. Bam. Do it.
It's a win-win for any politician, you can run on "I voted to keep our children healthy". It would solve the big existential fear working adults have - i.e. "If I lose my job, I won't have health insurance for my kids..."
Then we can play with that system and see what works and what doesn't, and then expand it, if need be to other segments of the population. Maybe we won't even have to.
All the "rah rah free market" jackholes seem to forget that as much as they love touting choice in jobs, etc. that alot of creative, productive people get stuck in crappy jobs just because they have health coverage (or if they change jobs they might not be able to get insurance from another carrier because of those damn "pre-existing conditions") thus keeping work force stagnant and less productive because employees don't feel free to move jobs, careers and skill sets.
- if it were preventative and educational healthcare this would be great as it would lower the problems we have as adultsversion3
- ...have as adults. obesity diabetes cholesterol etc.version3
- Yup. Exactly.TheBlueOne
- I like this idea.IRNlun6