it is NOT

it is forcing industry into paying their own bills, it is not up to the rest of us to keep industy’s labor force healthy, that’s up to them

and “socialism” in it’s prejurative sense indicates a program an individual is forced into and cannot opt out

this is not true of single payer or employer payer systems

first of all, corporations are not entitled to any consideration, they are obligated by the rules of the host

second, an employee can opt out of the program simply by declaring in writing (and proving) that they have their own adequate health care

the employer would get a return from the government for employees that opt out of the program

then the employer can offer the employee more wage comenserate with the savings, however it is not likely the added wage would be more then the individual is going to pay for health care themselves and this would most likely only happen when a spouse is already covered

what people don’t want to address is the fact hat just as it’s an obligation for industry to maintain their equipment, it”s also an obligation they maintain the labor force

this is done by creating the policy as follows.

industry pays into health cared, not the laborer

they will obviously be able to pay their labor force less since the cost of living has therefor gone down

with that system, industry does not pay more they actually pay less for labor since their buying power lowers the cost of health car a laborer would have to pay individually

also, with this system their is .no burden from caring for the uninsured since everyone Will be insured

the laborer should be faced with a fee that insures the unemployed

in addition, anyone could purchase additional insurance if they feel that supplied by industry is not enough

Pete Stark, the Congressman from California’s 13th district, will be here today to discuss health care in America and what can be done to fix it. Joining him will be Roger Hickey of Campaign for America’s Future, and Jim Gilliam, a cancer survivor who’s survival was imperiled by the current system.