[nkw]

I'm actually surprised there has not been more pressure by the business community to decouple health care/health insurance from employment. Health insurance costs, and the administrative effort to provide it, are an enormous burden on businesses/employers. From small business to giant corporations, it is an extraordinary burden that is only going to increase and at some point is going to start seriously impacting the competitiveness of US business. It should be an issue the Republicans have front and center.

[gremlinsinc]

Actually, businesses love healthcare coverage. The most costly thing in a business (esp. tech) is recruitment. If you give awesome benefits, a lot of people might decide it's 'safer' to stick with your company even though they're burned out and would rather work for an exciting startup, or something.

Benefits are a tool to turn workers into slaves, and stop job mobility. Sure there are other benefits, but healthcare is the biggest and most costly. The better health a company gives the more likely employees are to stick with it.

[davidw]

Yep, don't forget that market friendly and business friendly (and especially big business) are two different things.

https://promarket.org/donald-trumps-economic-policy-pro-busi...