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In reply to the discussion: Entrepreneurs cannot flourish in the US until we have single payer/universal healthcare [View all]yardwork
(61,607 posts)66. I've been saying this for years.
In fact, I'm proof of this. I was a small business owner until I got divorced. At that point I needed health insurance, so I went to work for a large organizations.
Large organizations know this. Our privatized health system - in which corporations have the buying power to negotiate better costs than individuals - keeps a large labor force eager to be employed.
If we had universal health care millions of Americans would happily go to work for themselves, and we'd see some wonderful Yankee ingenuity too - probably a lot of new energy solutions. Can't have that.
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Entrepreneurs cannot flourish in the US until we have single payer/universal healthcare [View all]
SoCalDem
Mar 2012
OP
I agree that health costs burden entrepreneurs, businessmen, and employees
HereSince1628
Mar 2012
#11
A lot of big corps agree - car companies have cited it as a reason for moving plants to Canada
Lucy Goosey
Mar 2012
#18
Me too! I'm glad that the next generation of my family has the language skills and...
Walk away
Mar 2012
#47
Especially for people who have jobs that can be done from anyplace with a computer hook up
SoCalDem
Mar 2012
#49
Absolutely. You can only be an entrepreneur if you are healthy or have a spouse with health
Snake Alchemist
Mar 2012
#23
Small business owner, here, and that is my most worrisome expense. 20% yearly rate hikes. SUCKS.
byronius
Mar 2012
#28
Employers would not be able to hold people hostage though, and people would be free
SoCalDem
Mar 2012
#36
yep. healthcare for all would be the greatest thing that ever happened for small businesses
limpyhobbler
Mar 2012
#33
I know more people who stay in jobs that they hate for the health insurance...
Walk away
Mar 2012
#46
What a nightmare! Only in America and 3rd world countries are people punished for being ill.
Walk away
Mar 2012
#54
I am a small business owner and health insurance is now my largest single expense.
Walk away
Mar 2012
#44
The entire scheme was cooked up from the root to prevent Single Payer or a NHS, or a public utility
TheKentuckian
Mar 2012
#62
So we are all supposed to grin and bear it as we die from pre-existing conditions until....
Walk away
Mar 2012
#64