Man guys... these employees still pay a portion of there healthcare as do most people who have jobs, Just because you pay for your healthcare doesnt mean that your employer isnt kicking in a portion also. The ONLY people who pay 100% of there health care premium are "normally" self employed, People who dont work enough to get coverage or there employer doesnt provide any. I found this article interesting and there may be some truth to it as it relates to this case.
"With the promise on the horizon of a federal government health "option" selling health coverage at subsidized rates to people who have no health insurance through their place of work, I look for many more small businesses with union shops to shed health coverage for workers as union contracts expire in the coming months, in the hope that the federal program will pick up that portion of their operating costs. and put the difference into owners' pockets as profit. While Congressional and Obama administration proponents of health reform legislation with a "public option" continue to insist that the government plan is required to extend coverage to 45 million citizens who don't have health insurance now, opponents have argued that inclusion of a "public option" will force many workers who do have company provided health coverage into the ranks of the uninsured, driving the projected costs to taxpayers well above the currently predicted $900 billion."
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