boston.com - 10/20/2008
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An end to employer-based health insurance is exactly what the American healthcare market needs.
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Healthcare Should Not Be Linked To Employment
CARPE DIEM —
... where numerous insurers and agents compete for our business. Health insurance is different only because of an idiosyncrasy in the tax code dating back 60 years - a good example, to quote Milton Friedman, of how one bad government policy leads to another. De-linking medical insurance from employment is the key to reforming healthcare in the United States. ~From Jeff Jacoby's most recent Boston Globe column
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De-Linking Health Insurance from Employment Could Possibly Cut Health Insurance Costs By 50%
CARPE DIEM —
... Solution: De-link heath insurance from employment. Jeff Jacoby has written about this here and ...
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