[orangecat]

You're right that employer-based health insurance is idiotic and economically destructive (conservative and libertarian analysts have been saying so for decades), but your blatant partisanship is not helpful. In 2008 John McCain's platform included a migration away from employer coverage by treating benefits as taxable income, while simultaneously granting a refundable tax credit for the purchase of individual insurance. Obama and the Democrats instantly demagogued that as "taking away your existing coverage" and defended the employer-based system.

[Locke1689]

Let's please not have political discussions on HN.

[anamax]

> Let's please not have political discussions on HN.

It's interesting that you chose to respond to the person who demonstrated "dems good, republicans bad" was wrong instead of the person who just asserted "dems good, republicans bad".

[Locke1689]

I got here after both people posted. I posted below both people to indicate that I wanted the convo thread killed. I downvoted both people.