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In August, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey argued in the pages of the Wall Street Journal that the solution to America's health care crisis was to be found in "...
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While some politicians talk about programmes designed to
bring more people under the health-care umbrella, others talk...
about making health care more affordable. The former (combined with an aging population) will shift the demand curve outward; the ...
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The Whole Foods CEO on health care, veganism, and free markets
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John Mackey on health care, veganism, and free markets
“The last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a government takeover of our health-care system. Instead, we should be trying to achieve reforms by moving in the opposite direction—toward less government control and more individual empowerment.”
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Natural Food Fight: Obamacare vs. Mackeycare
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In August, Whole Foods CEO John Mackey argued in the pages of the Wall Street Journal that the solution to America's health care crisis was to be found in "less government control and more individual empowerment." His own company's unique health care plan, Mackey wrote, covers 90 percent of employees, costs less than health insurance plans, aned provides a "very high degree of worker satisfaction." But for the sin of not supporting a government take over of health care, labor unions and left-wing activists called for a boycott of Whole Foods, claiming that Mackey's solutions were unworkable and his employees were ...
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