Reply #12: This is why the paternalistic "marketplace" has to change

[SoCalDem]

It needs to go back to being task-fulfillment based.

Bosses should NOT have life&death power over their employees. they should not CARE what the employee does "off the job", how much they weigh, who they live with, what meds they take (unless it affects their ability to do the task assigned).

Company-provided medical plans have intruded into the private lives of people like almost nothing else.

If the BOSS pays more than YOU do, for you health care, he DOES have some right to have a say in your personal "habits". If he's paying you $xx.xx an hour to do whatever, and nothing else, your private life is none of his business.. Right now, it IS his business if the insurance company charges him based on who his employees are, and how the live their lives, what drugs they take, what illnesses they have, how old they are, etc.