Everything Comes (Eventually) on the Wings of Business—Even Health Care
Single-payer national health care isn’t going to get here because it would be the right thing to do. And it hasn’t a prayer of showing up as a response to the 45, 46, 47 million (and counting) Americans who don’t have it.
Single-payer national health care isn’t going to get here because it would be the right thing to do. And it hasn’t a prayer of showing up as a response to the 45, 46, 47 million (and counting) Americans who don’t have it. Nor will it arrive because of the inequity of job-slavery that parents with sick kids endure. For sure the haves will never present it to the have-nots as a fair and equitable sharing of America’s bounty.
So, how then will it arrive?
Boeing and Chrysler, Wal-Mart and CitiGroup, General Electric and Exxon will soon enough be beating down the doors of Congress for relief from their present employee health costs. They will be particularly adamant about their growing obligation to retirees.
They’ll wipe at their wire-rimmed glasses and talk about competitiv…