It's a minuscule risk I'm comfortable with and manage actively. I got into this line of work because there's high demand. I haven't been without a job and make all of my career related decisions to optimize continued employment. I got bored of software 20 years ago and really am only in it for the insurance and pay. I've been laid off and gotten another job the same day.
> I got bored of software 20 years ago and really am only in it for the insurance and pay.
And you don't see how this is a horrible state of affairs? What of those who are forced to the same, but in careers that are actively harmful to their person?
I’d transition to worse and more expensive healthcare if that’s what it takes to get to healthcare for everyone.
The transition will be painful for many who have good employer provided healthcare, but at least then we’ll have a somewhat unified voice demanding better care at better costs.
Every politician would be beholden to every voter on healthcare issues during every election.
Your insurance is employer provided? You risk that every day then. Lots of people in the past few years have woken up to find out that their job - and with it their employer provided insurance - has gone bye-bye.
Yeah, we have COBRA to continue it at exorbitant rates for some period of time. But health care should not be tied to employment.
I'd be OK with a universal health care system where employers can offer better but everybody has a baseline health care where nobody - absolutely nobody - has to struggle to get basic healthcare. (And that includes dental and vision, which is absolutely boggling that we've decided "oh, those body parts are not included.")