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Universal Health Care "...life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness." So how does Universal Health Care fall within the three principles put forth in America's Declaration of Independence? If those three items are the basis of American freedoms and the cornerstone for the independence that Americans feel is the foundation of their personal liberties, then why is that many feel government and not the individual is responsible for the medical health of the individual? Curious Vicky wants to know. |
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3/27/2008 7:24 pm |
I think that was one of the reasons why the "family plan" was offered to the workers. No use to develop skilled workers only to lose them after you train them. The graduated deduction plan has been a great way to keep costs down yet give them needed access to affordable medical care. True, we are not required to provide any medical coverage at all.
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Well, I really don't see how religion has anything to do with health care coverage, no offense. If England, France (?) and Canada can provide health care for EVERYONE, why can't the United States do the same? I highly recommend everyone watch Micheal Moore's documentary Sicko, it's quite the eye-opener. I SO want to move my family to Canada!! My Little World.....Enter if you dare!! Muwahahahaha! ^_^ 
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3/27/2008 2:06 am |
When my father was looking at health insurance for our workers, he realized many of them were first generation immigrants with families that did not have good insurance or none at all. He also had to decide if this policy would apply only to the worker or would be expanded to cover the worker's family. In the end, he chose the family option. The policy they were going to get was probably going to be the one their families would use the most. This would have an impact on the cost of the group policy since the cost of the insurance would have to shared and adjusted annually by the insurance company. We chose to have a three-tier selection with basic, average, and high need policies. The worker would choose which policy best met their needs. To keep costs down so it would be affordable for the employees we accepted the standard buy in restrictions over a two-year period that in the end would permit individuals and members of their families with preexisting conditions to achieve full coverage under the plans. Employees were also responsible for deductions based on the level of service they selected. In America, some feel companies should be responsible for worker's health plans since a healthy worker ends up helping the bottom line and produces profits for the company and shareholders. However, liberals feel that companies should also be responsible for the individual's families as well as being responsible for the worker's life style that could possibly result in HIV or serious injuries in certain sports, perhaps smoking, alcohol and drugs. But the question I have with the health policies being put forth by the candidates is how will that impact what we are already doing for our employees on a volunteer basis. Will it reduce our costs or increase our premiums? What if we opt out of providing insurance coverage for our employees or paying a portion of their premium how does that affect us? In the beginning, my father said we were responsible for our workers health. However, I now ask, are we also responsible for the health of their families? My contradictory thoughts VICKY
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