[dreamcompiler]

This seems to be the next phase in American business "best practices" that started with outsourcing (very cheap workers who are easy to fire), continued with contractors (cheaper than employees and easy to fire), and now continues with teleworkers (not really cheap but still easy to fire).

This is the biggest reason the US needs single-payer healthcare: Tying healthcare to employment when there is no such thing as long-term employment means healthcare only works for rich people.