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by MattGaiser 2221 days ago
> there are millions and millions of people who are uninsured and who cannot get medical care because they were separated from their employer-provided health insurance.

True, but they are overwhelmingly unskilled. We are discussing a brain drain of skilled workers.

> simply doesn't work in practice.

If you are a high skill employee with the compensation to match, it works perfectly well.

I am not saying this is a reasonable state of affairs, just that it doesn't cause any talent loss.